Chris Collins says people often ask him not to talk business at dinner. He used to think something was wrong with him, until a friend pointed out the real problem: he was in the wrong company. If people don't want to discuss work, you're probably just in the wrong room.
I've been with people at dinner and they will say, can we not talk business at dinner? Then it's quiet the rest of the time. Well, at first, like when that would happen to me when I was younger, I thought there was something wrong with me.
And then I started having friends. And one time I told a friend that somebody, you know, actually, and he said, oh, you shouldn't be going to dinner with those people. Oh, he's very right. Yeah, he's a smart dude. But I never made that connection until he said, until he kind of pointed that out. I always thought, well, I'm just different. I'm the exception, you know. And so most people don't want to talk about business at dinner. I'm imposing on them instead of even considering why am I at dinner with them. It just turns out you're in the wrong room.
