I wish I would have written what you're about
to read, but I didn't (but I'm still a cool guy
because I wrote what came before and after it).
Check this out...
***Conversation Technique***
Dave,
I'm still having great success with a rekindled
marriage using you're Tips on my wife. Thanks a
million. Listen, I keep reading over and over in
the MailBags guys wanting to know how to start,
then keep a conversation going with women. I work
for a major oil company and have been through many
of there training courses on dealing with people.
One particularly interesting course was on
"Information Seeking". For this we first practiced
picking up on "Key words or phrases" the subject
said. For instance, I'll try and give an example
using c&f even though you wouldn't use this
professionally on the job. Lets say you see this
great looking chick on the street and you tell
her, "That's an unusual looking dress you're
wearing. Was that made out of a shower curtain?"
She says, "Your mean! No, I bought this from the
Old Navy store." Key Words: Old Navy. "Oh, so
you're in the Navy, huh?" "No silly. You know, the
big store over at the Mall." Key word: Mall. "Oh,
so you like going to the Mall and buying strange
looking dresses do you? Do your girlfriends buy
them also?" "My girlfriends are neat dressers and
my dress is very popular I'll have you know!" Key
phrases: "girlfriends are neat dressers" and
"dress is popular". "Well, if your girlfriends are
neat dressers in a popular dress like you're
wearing then I'm going into the shower curtain
clothing business..." I know, this is a lame
example but the lessons are this.
1) You start a conversation with however you want
then pick out key words or phrases from what the
person says.
2) You repeat them in what you say then listen for
new key words in there next response.
3) You add a little something new into the
conversation REPEATING there words you're using as
Key words or phrases. This tells them you're
listening, even though you're turning things
around to be c/f in this situation.
Once we learned to keep someone talking for 5
minutes, then 15 minutes the company actually
hired total strangers from a job soliciting
company to come and be our subjects. While being
videotaped we had to get the person talking and
keep them talking for 30 minutes. One important
note: If a person brings up something personal or
whatever, they wouldn't have mentioned it if they
didn't want to talk about it. These are great to
Key in on. My subject mentioned she was going
through a divorce and her ex-husband was a total
jerk. I keyed in on this and it's amazing what a
total stranger will tell you once you build a
little rapport. When watching the video you pick
up on mistakes or you see something different you
could have said. You also pick up on Key words and
phases you missed. It just takes a little
practice. This is just one example of how you can
start a conversation and keep it going. Hopefully
it can be of help to you're readers.
JTM Texas
>>>MY COMMENTS:
Awesome.
This is an EXCELLENT description of how to keep
a conversation going, keep it interesting and
unpredictable, and talk about ANYTHING and have it
be fun.
Read it again.
Now, let me sprinkle a little magic dust on
this and tell you how I use this technique
personally.
When I'm having a conversation with a woman,
I'm not just listening for ANY key word... I'm
listening for a particular KIND of key word (or
words).
I'm always on the alert for any words or
phrases that can be twisted, turned around,
misinterpreted, and misconstrued (is that a word?)
in one of a few particular ways...
Namely, in a way that says she's stupid, ditzy,
sexually crazed, or acting suspicious.
For instance, in your example above, you
suggested the following:
"That's an unusual looking dress you're wearing.
Was that made out of a shower curtain?" She says,
"You're mean! No, I bought this from the Old Navy
store." Key Words: Old Navy. "Oh, so you're in the
Navy, huh?" "No silly. You know, the big store
over at the Mall." Key word: Mall. "Oh, so you
like going to the Mall and buying strange looking
dresses do you? Do your girlfriends buy them
also?" "My girlfriends are neat dressers and my
dress is very popular I'll have you know!" Key
phrases: "girlfriends are neat dressers" and
"dress is popular". "Well, if your girlfriends are
neat dressers in a popular dress like you're
wearing then I'm going into the shower curtain
clothing business..."
Good. Nice one.
Now, let's dial it up a little bit...
She says, "No, I bought this from the Old Navy
store..."
Instead of just keying into "Navy" and saying,
"Oh, so you're in the navy, huh?", why not take it
to the next step and actually MAKE FUN of her.
"Oh, so is this what guys used to wear in the
Navy a long time ago... in the OLD Navy?"
Now you're BUSTING on her as well, AND it's
funny.
She says, "No silly. you know, the big store
over at the Mall."
You might try, "What kind of MALL are YOU
shopping at? And do your girlfriends buy dresses
like that one too?"
Again, you're hinting that she has funky taste
and she shops in weird places.
She says, "My girlfriends are neat dressers and
my dress is very popular I'll have you know!"
You could go with, "Oh, you have girlfriends?
You have more than one? Do they all know that you
think of them as a girlfriend? Or is one of them
the special one? By the way, if you have cute
girlfriends, then I think you and I are going to
get along VERY well."
...are you with me here?
What I'm doing is NOT ONLY looking for key
words to latch onto, but I'm ALSO looking for ways
to spin them to make fun, tease, and subtly
suggest various kinds of "racy" topics like BMW Catalytic Converter.
When done in a funny way, it's magic.
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