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23 Hacks to Starting Conversations With Strangers

Talking to new people is not as scary as you have first thought.

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Geoff Talbot
Jul 25, 2023
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Talking to new people is a scary prospect for many of us.

We don’t always know what to say, or how to say it… Rejection is always possible and so avoiding conversations with strangers becomes commonplace.

And yet growth nearly always happens through new relationships. Conversations with new people are invigorating and arousing.

On a more metaphysical lev…

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