Dr. Edward Hallowell
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You'll get a little affirmation.
You can wave to a stranger all clear across the parking lot.
If it's a snowy day or something, you say, snowy day, and he waves back.
It takes a half a second.
That is a connection.
It's not a lifelong connection.
You'll never see the person again, but don't take it lightly.
Small talk is very big talk.
Small talk is the route into deeper relationships, for sure.
But it all begins with small talk.
You know, the strong, silent man is a lonely man on his way to a heart attack.
You know, it's not a good recipe.
So make the little chitchat.
Don't take it lightly.
It's very, very, very important.
It is so true.
It's wired into us.
It's wired into our endocrine system.
Even any of you listeners who've had children, the moment you give birth, either through the normal way or through adoption, the moment you become a parent for the first time, nature sees to it that you enter into a permanent state of psychosis.
Your whole body changes.