The Weather Talk Comes First for a Reason
Twelve experiments. Over 1,800 people. Strangers paired off to talk - some about the weather, some about the last time they cried in front of someone. Nearly everyone guessed the deep conversation would feel awkward. Nearly everyone was wrong. The stranger discovery: the small talk wasn't wasted either. It was quietly doing the work that made the deep part possible.
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Why We Start With the WeatherWhy We Start With the Weather Open a journaling app for the first time. It usually asks something small. How was your day? Almost never: what's the thing you - 2What Happened When Strangers Went DeepWhat Happened When Strangers Went Deep Two strangers sit down. One pair is told to talk about something like the weather, or a TV show they watched recently.
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Openness Is ContagiousOpenness Is Contagious Here's an old finding that explains the new one. Share something small with a stranger, and something odd tends to happen: they share so - 4Start Small. Stay Long Enough to Go Deep.Start Small. Stay Long Enough to Go Deep. If openness really does escalate one small exchange at a time, then a good journal should probably be built the sam
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