Alison Wood Brooks

And so she had prepped topics like Whitney Houston's song, Higher Love. She said, when was the last time you took your baby on an airplane and how terrible was it? Yeah. Or the Whitney Houston song, Run to You. I think it's run to you, run to me. And she said, you know, are you still running? Right. Like, what's your running regimen these days?

And so she had prepped topics like Whitney Houston's song, Higher Love. She said, when was the last time you took your baby on an airplane and how terrible was it? Yeah. Or the Whitney Houston song, Run to You. I think it's run to you, run to me. And she said, you know, are you still running? Right. Like, what's your running regimen these days?

And so she had prepped topics like Whitney Houston's song, Higher Love. She said, when was the last time you took your baby on an airplane and how terrible was it? Yeah. Or the Whitney Houston song, Run to You. I think it's run to you, run to me. And she said, you know, are you still running? Right. Like, what's your running regimen these days?

And so she had just it was just so thoughtful and so like her to make to prep topics at all and to show me that she was thinking about us even when we were apart and then to bump it up even another notch and give them these Whitney Houston song titles.

And so she had just it was just so thoughtful and so like her to make to prep topics at all and to show me that she was thinking about us even when we were apart and then to bump it up even another notch and give them these Whitney Houston song titles.

And so she had just it was just so thoughtful and so like her to make to prep topics at all and to show me that she was thinking about us even when we were apart and then to bump it up even another notch and give them these Whitney Houston song titles.

We did play some of the songs and she is the most miraculous, beautiful singer. Due to her sickness, she wasn't able to sing, but I do have an incredible video that I will save and cherish forever where she's lip syncing along with this Whitney Houston song. And it's just divine. One of the greatest moments of my life.

We did play some of the songs and she is the most miraculous, beautiful singer. Due to her sickness, she wasn't able to sing, but I do have an incredible video that I will save and cherish forever where she's lip syncing along with this Whitney Houston song. And it's just divine. One of the greatest moments of my life.

We did play some of the songs and she is the most miraculous, beautiful singer. Due to her sickness, she wasn't able to sing, but I do have an incredible video that I will save and cherish forever where she's lip syncing along with this Whitney Houston song. And it's just divine. One of the greatest moments of my life.

Yeah, so we ran these studies and we wanted to find out what's better. Should we stay on one topic and try and get very deep? Or is it better to switch topics frequently? The best conversationalists do switch topics more frequently. But as soon as they land on a new topic, they get deep on it quite quickly by asking a lot of questions. Hmm. And so they're actually doing both.

Yeah, so we ran these studies and we wanted to find out what's better. Should we stay on one topic and try and get very deep? Or is it better to switch topics frequently? The best conversationalists do switch topics more frequently. But as soon as they land on a new topic, they get deep on it quite quickly by asking a lot of questions. Hmm. And so they're actually doing both.

Yeah, so we ran these studies and we wanted to find out what's better. Should we stay on one topic and try and get very deep? Or is it better to switch topics frequently? The best conversationalists do switch topics more frequently. But as soon as they land on a new topic, they get deep on it quite quickly by asking a lot of questions. Hmm. And so they're actually doing both.

It's not a tradeoff between depth and breadth. You should be aiming to do both. And you should be keeping your hand on the sort of temperature gauge of the conversation. As soon as a topic seems like it's running out of juice, you should be unafraid and confident and switch to something else to keep the conversation fun and interesting and fizzing along.

It's not a tradeoff between depth and breadth. You should be aiming to do both. And you should be keeping your hand on the sort of temperature gauge of the conversation. As soon as a topic seems like it's running out of juice, you should be unafraid and confident and switch to something else to keep the conversation fun and interesting and fizzing along.

It's not a tradeoff between depth and breadth. You should be aiming to do both. And you should be keeping your hand on the sort of temperature gauge of the conversation. As soon as a topic seems like it's running out of juice, you should be unafraid and confident and switch to something else to keep the conversation fun and interesting and fizzing along.

Yeah, this is a very common feeling. We worry about being rude. I think politeness is a major reason that we sort of hesitate and hold back on switching topics. Our fears of being rude, what we find in our research, are overblown. One of the beautiful things about conversation is that you can always come back to the topic. You can come back to the topic later in the conversation.

Yeah, this is a very common feeling. We worry about being rude. I think politeness is a major reason that we sort of hesitate and hold back on switching topics. Our fears of being rude, what we find in our research, are overblown. One of the beautiful things about conversation is that you can always come back to the topic. You can come back to the topic later in the conversation.

Yeah, this is a very common feeling. We worry about being rude. I think politeness is a major reason that we sort of hesitate and hold back on switching topics. Our fears of being rude, what we find in our research, are overblown. One of the beautiful things about conversation is that you can always come back to the topic. You can come back to the topic later in the conversation.

You can come back to it later in your relationship, in a different conversation. The bigger risk is staying too long and stagnating.

You can come back to it later in your relationship, in a different conversation. The bigger risk is staying too long and stagnating.