by Boothman | Jul 9, 2015 | Blog, Boost, Connect and Live Longer
Two years ago we made a study. What we observed was extraordinary. After studying more than seven hundred leaders from all walks of life, from financiers to industrialists, movie stars to celebrity chefs, Nobel Prize winning scientists to entrepreneurial...
by Nicholas Boothman | Sep 3, 2013 | Connect and Live Longer, connect in business, connect in friendship, Talking to Strangers
READING TIME: 90 SECONDS. WHAT is small talk? On the surface small talk is casual chitchat about nothing in particular. WHAT is the purpose of small talk? In spite of seeming to have little useful purpose, small talk is a bonding ritual and a strategy for quickly...
by Nicholas Boothman | Mar 20, 2010 | Boost, Connect and Live Longer, connect in business, connect in friendship, connect in life, Talking to Strangers
Reading time: 90 seconds. It’s easy to get free information from a stranger. This doesn’t mean trying to learn someone’s credit card number. What it means is learning the other person’s name, interests, personal situation and more. Most people are more than...