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I don’t love talking with strangers. I’m an introvert at heart, and making an effort to engage in social interaction often drains my energy. But still, I do it. Not because I feel like I have to, but ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

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FaceTime chats are convenient for connecting with anyone, anytime, anywhere. However, the conversations can sometimes become monotonous due to the absence of non-verbal cues and other factors like ...

Most of us meet new people every week. At work, at school, at the grocery store. But we only remember a fraction of new faces. Why? In most cases, it depends not on the physical but the topical. For ...

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