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Show LET'S TALK ABOUT yoiL - BY CHARLES B. ROTH ' A Good Conversationalist That the man I have just spent a week with has mastered one at the most important of all human , arts, there is no doubt. Wherever i we went he charmed those we met, : charmed them by ' his personality, his graciousness, his poise, but principally prin-cipally by his conversation. For he seemed to know exactly what to say to everyone to whom we talked. I mentioned it to him. "Oh, it's simple," he replied, "all I do is talk to them in terms cf interests their interests their SPECIAL SPE-CIAL INTERESTS." Every human being, as you know, has certain subjects in which he is especially interested his business, his hobby, his family, some outside accomplishment, politics, something that especially interests. Anything that appeals to a person's per-son'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 appeal 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's interests in-terests are," he began. "And that is not hard. Listen to anyone talk. We all talk most about what interests 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 and this is the last rule-all rule-all jou have to do is show him you are interested in the subject, too. Then in bis eyes you become irresistibly irre-sistibly interesting. See how easy it Is'" |