Inspired by Strangers: How to Talk with People While Traveling

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We all meet people on the road—it’s part of the fun of traveling. But for Marc Smith, his meetings on the road are especially intertwined with the trip itself.

Introduce yourself!

Every success and failure of the last 46 years has brought me to today.

Restless, in 2004 I quit my job and opened my own business as an event producer, with no clients and only enough financial backing for three months. Fast forward 200+ events to...