Show LETS TALK ABOUT f 1011 BY CHARLES B ROTH A good conversationalist that the man I 1 have just spent a week with has mastered one of the most important ol 01 all human arts there is no doubt wherever we went he charmed those we met charmed them by his personality his graciousness his poise but arm cipully by bis his conversation for he seemed to know exactly what to say to everyone to whom we talked I 1 ment mentioned ioneA it to him oh it s simple he replied all I 1 do is talk to them in terms rf interests their interests their CIAL INTERESTS every human being as you know has certain subjects in which he is especially interested his business his hobby bis his family some outside accomplishment politics something that especially interests anything that appeals to a person s special interests identifies you with him will get and hold his attention and if you get and hold anyone s attention he will find you an engaging personality if you want your personality to ap peal to others all you have to do is follow the few simple rules which my friend explained to me the first thing you have to do is to find out what your person persons s in teresta are he began and that is not hard listen to anyone talk we all talk most about what inter ests us most you can also ask others about the interests of the person you are going to meet it isn t hard to get information then he continued acquire knowledge on the subject none of us likes to talk to an ignoramus but you can read up on any subject and get a passable knowledge of it then an and d this is the last rule all you have to do is show him you are interested in the surjeet too then in his eyes you become irre sisti bly interesting see how easy it W |