Increased daily happiness: Research shows that “simple social interactions,” such as engaging in conversation with strangers ...

Small talk has a bad reputation. People roll their eyes at it and see it as a dreaded necessity that they need to get out of ...

Charles Duhigg, author of "The Power of Habit," argues that small talk isn't an innate skill, but rather a learned behavior that can be studied and crafted to perfectly suit any situation — whether ...

An evening out on the town with my closest friends — I love the promise of a night out. Maybe I’ll meet someone or learn something that could alter the trajectory of my life. And what a promise that ...

I spent much of last weekend engaging in small talk, a social task I sometimes find a laborious activity. Maybe that’s just me. Still, last weekend was the Labor Day holiday, so I suppose I should ...

Last year, I wrote about how I once avoided small talk at all costs — those awkward, two-minute conversations at the grocery store, in the hallway, while waiting in line at the mall. But then I had a ...

Conversations, whether at holiday parties or other times of the year, don’t have to be awkward. (Getty Images) Between holiday dinners with relatives you haven’t heard from all year, office parties ...

We’ve all been there. Whether it’s checking out at a store or trying to lull the awkwardness when meeting someone new, small talk has been used by all of us. For some people, having these little ...

I believe we’re all just one conversation away from our next breakthrough. While technology has revolutionized how we learn and connect—allowing us to absorb information via Zoom or online ...

I have a job in retail where I talk to many customers each day. I have gotten my conversational skills to the point that I talk to others I encounter in the community outside of work. I am interested ...

What one writer gained when he stopped using the self-checkout, and reclaimed the joy of a life with social friction ...