Comments on: The 2 Ways to Pick Social and Work-Safe Conversation Topics http://www.samdiener.com/2010/03/ways-to-pick-social-and-work-safe-conversation-topics/ The Sam Diener Blog Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sam Diener http://www.samdiener.com/2010/03/ways-to-pick-social-and-work-safe-conversation-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Sam Diener Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.samdiener.com/?p=1813#comment-1364 Thank you! Thank you!

]]> By: Donald Brownlie Fleming http://www.samdiener.com/2010/03/ways-to-pick-social-and-work-safe-conversation-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Donald Brownlie Fleming Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:05:00 +0000 http://www.samdiener.com/?p=1813#comment-1363 Hi! This is such a great article and I am sure a lot of entrepreneurs are going to benefit from this. I have been giving advice like these to many up and coming business people and have been successful so far. I am Donald Brownlie Fleming, an Australian Entrepreneur, ebook author (Master Selling by Donald Brownlie Fleming) and a Philanthropist. If you have time, maybe you can visit me too. http://blog.donaldfleming.com.au Hi! This is such a great article and I am sure a lot of entrepreneurs are going to benefit from this. I have been giving advice like these to many up and coming business people and have been successful so far. I am Donald Brownlie Fleming, an Australian Entrepreneur, ebook author (Master Selling by Donald Brownlie Fleming) and a Philanthropist. If you have time, maybe you can visit me too.
http://blog.donaldfleming.com.au

]]> By: Lance Bolson http://www.samdiener.com/2010/03/ways-to-pick-social-and-work-safe-conversation-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Lance Bolson Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:36:05 +0000 http://www.samdiener.com/?p=1813#comment-1199 I work with a couple of guys who had a ridiculously heated discussion about wind chill. "No it doesn't feel colder, you just get cold faster..." Even the weather topic isn't always safe.<br><br>I believe you need to know who you're talking to and, depending on your personal relationship with that person, you will know where the boundaries are. With some people, you'll never get past the weather topic. With others, you'll be discussing religion or politics in depth.<br><br>You left out sports. That's also usually a safe topic, even if you're a fan of a rival team. There may be some good-natured ribbing, but we've never hired anyone simply because they're a Vikings fan or decided not to hire them because they're a Packer fan.<br><br>If you can't move past the truly superficial topics of weather and sports, you'll never actually have much of a relationship with any of your coworkers, and you may have a very lonely job. I work with a couple of guys who had a ridiculously heated discussion about wind chill. “No it doesn't feel colder, you just get cold faster…” Even the weather topic isn't always safe.

I believe you need to know who you're talking to and, depending on your personal relationship with that person, you will know where the boundaries are. With some people, you'll never get past the weather topic. With others, you'll be discussing religion or politics in depth.

You left out sports. That's also usually a safe topic, even if you're a fan of a rival team. There may be some good-natured ribbing, but we've never hired anyone simply because they're a Vikings fan or decided not to hire them because they're a Packer fan.

If you can't move past the truly superficial topics of weather and sports, you'll never actually have much of a relationship with any of your coworkers, and you may have a very lonely job.

]]> By: Lance Bolson http://www.samdiener.com/2010/03/ways-to-pick-social-and-work-safe-conversation-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Lance Bolson Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:36:05 +0000 http://www.samdiener.com/?p=1813#comment-679 I work with a couple of guys who had a ridiculously heated discussion about wind chill. "No it doesn't feel colder, you just get cold faster..." Even the weather topic isn't always safe.<br><br>I believe you need to know who you're talking to and, depending on your personal relationship with that person, you will know where the boundaries are. With some people, you'll never get past the weather topic. With others, you'll be discussing religion or politics in depth.<br><br>You left out sports. That's also usually a safe topic, even if you're a fan of a rival team. There may be some good-natured ribbing, but we've never hired anyone simply because they're a Vikings fan or decided not to hire them because they're a Packer fan.<br><br>If you can't move past the truly superficial topics of weather and sports, you'll never actually have much of a relationship with any of your coworkers, and you may have a very lonely job. I work with a couple of guys who had a ridiculously heated discussion about wind chill. “No it doesn't feel colder, you just get cold faster…” Even the weather topic isn't always safe.

I believe you need to know who you're talking to and, depending on your personal relationship with that person, you will know where the boundaries are. With some people, you'll never get past the weather topic. With others, you'll be discussing religion or politics in depth.

You left out sports. That's also usually a safe topic, even if you're a fan of a rival team. There may be some good-natured ribbing, but we've never hired anyone simply because they're a Vikings fan or decided not to hire them because they're a Packer fan.

If you can't move past the truly superficial topics of weather and sports, you'll never actually have much of a relationship with any of your coworkers, and you may have a very lonely job.

]]> By: Sam Diener http://www.samdiener.com/2010/03/ways-to-pick-social-and-work-safe-conversation-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Sam Diener Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:53:35 +0000 http://www.samdiener.com/?p=1813#comment-659 Got it. Thanks! Got it. Thanks!

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