🍀 'THREAD THEORY' - A KEY TO BECOME MORE SOCIALLY ATTRACTIVE - Issue 141
Hi, I am JOE and I write on "Mindful Productivity & Cerebral Happiness". My endeavour is to share life lessons, some thoughts, quotes & links to articles/podcasts/books, I discover during the week.
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When I meet people on various occasions and find that the new generation is struggling to strike a meaningful conversations beyond their professional competencies.
My profound advice to the new Gen is to find and follow threads of similarity to be more socially attractive.”
“Every interaction should be about finding threads of commonalities. Every thread that binds you brings you closer to a person. The more threads you have, the more socially attractive you become.
And if you think you do need a help in this regard then I would say that you can use ‘thread theory’ to connect instantly with the people you meet.
Thread Theory is the ultimate tool for opening any conversation. Whether you are cold-calling or meeting someone for the first time. Trust me, thread theory can help you blast through the dialogue door.
Let me give you a visual map - Imagine that each person who is walking around you is carrying a big knotted ball of string. All of these strings are their thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Although, we often wish our thoughts could be more organized, but they are usually in a jumble, especially when we first walk into an event or in a conference/ meetings. So we are all walking around carrying this bundle of thoughts which is represented as a ball of strings.
The ‘Thread Theory’ is an incredibly easy way to both open conversations and never run out of things to say.
When you first begin an interaction, I want you to try to tease out some thoughts you both share. Remember more threads you share, more you can talk about and the more ridiculously likable you will be.
JOE
Let me suggest you three main categories of commonalities that you can pull from at any time:
People: - Mutual contacts are the best way to find threads of similarity. You can also light up the conversation by searching for mutual friends in a lesser known environment.
Context: -If you find yourself in a situation where you find that you don’t have anything in common? Think about the context of your meeting or conference. Maybe you’re both on ‘Twitter’ or into ‘Art’ or follow a particular political ideology. All you have to do is ask about it to get the conversational ball rolling.
Interests: - Common interests are the best threads because they introduce a topic you both invariably know a lot about, or passionate about and they are the ripe territory for great stories and interesting conversation.
Every time you discover a common thread, it links you together -
Simple questions can lead you into exciting conversational territory when you ask strategically and follow up with good listening.
Every answer you hear is one more step in getting to know them and being further along in conversation.
Don’t let it faze you, let it fuel you.”
Take good care & enjoy reading your weekly dose of cerebral happiness! And if you liked it then do not hesitate
Joe
❤️ 🧠 Stuff, I invested myself during the week🧤🧤
Books &Articles :- I am reading ‘Who Lost Russia’ by Peter Conradi.
👉 I have watched “Who Killed Sara” on Netflix. Quite a dark drama of Spanish origin.
Keep sharing threads!