Vanessa Van Edwards identifies three conversation traps: awkwardness, boring exchanges that miss their goal, and oversharing or undersharing based on your personality type. She shows how standard small talk feels stale and explains how adjusting your style makes conversations more dynamic and memorable.
Here are the conversations I never want you to have again. Ready? How are you? I'm fine, good. And you? Uh, busy but good. Ugh. Big conversational traps. Trap number 1, awkwardness. I had so much awkwardness in my conversations before I knew how to use conversation formulas. Trap number 2, boring, unmemorable, ineffective conversations. I want you to make sure you're hitting your conversational goals and most importantly, preventing boring, stale, horrible conversations. Trap number 3: oversharing or undersharing. A big thing that people don't realize about conversation is your introvertedness or extrovertedness, so whether you're an introvert, an ambivert, or an extrovert, that affects how you approach conversation. Here are the conversations I never want you to have again. Ready? How are you? Yeah, I'm fine, good, and you? Yeah, busy but good, you know. So what else has been going on? You know, the same old. How about you?
