The Social Skills Guidebook: Manage Shyness, Improve Your Conversations, and Make Friends

What may be considered an appealing conversation style in one country or among one circle of friends may be seen as obnoxious elsewhere. Some never come to love sports, but can make themselves follow just enough news about game results and trades to grease their conversations. At other times what they mean by empathy is acting on those feelings and showing concern and support. As a result, they may go on and on about a topic the listener isn’t interested in instead of changing the subject.