This will feel wrong at first. It will feel like you’re talking too much. It will feel selfish, like you’re taking up too much space or making it about you. But this is only because you are comparing it to being reticent. Try it and see what happens. Sometimes you’ll get a lame answer, “Yeah, that’s cool,” or, “Oh, really?” And then … nothing. A conversational tumbleweed will roll by. But that’s fine—a lot of conversations are lame, but here’s the thing: a lame conversation doesn’t mean you’re lame. Other times, you’ll get a relatively substantial answer, and then you’re off to the
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