I do that if a person wants to have a conversation with me. But real problem comes when they don’t initiate a conversation or when more people are involved.
When people involved I just shutdown, I only listen and barely add anything to the conversation.
When a person I know comes around me and doesn’t initiate, I feel awkward I just don’t say anything and ignore them which I feel is giving off a very rude image to them, but I can’t help. “I’m not the extrovert between us why don’t you initiate :(” is only thing I think of there.
I would recommend scheduling a one-on-one lunch together. At lunch, think of yourself as a news reporter who needs to find all about this person. Where are they from? What was their family like? Why do they work here? What are their hobbies? See if you can get them talking about something that they have a strong opinion about.
See if you can do one of these every week.
I also think you would highly benefit from Toastmasters.
zerozaku@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I do that if a person wants to have a conversation with me. But real problem comes when they don’t initiate a conversation or when more people are involved.
When people involved I just shutdown, I only listen and barely add anything to the conversation.
When a person I know comes around me and doesn’t initiate, I feel awkward I just don’t say anything and ignore them which I feel is giving off a very rude image to them, but I can’t help. “I’m not the extrovert between us why don’t you initiate :(” is only thing I think of there.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 10 hours ago
I would recommend scheduling a one-on-one lunch together. At lunch, think of yourself as a news reporter who needs to find all about this person. Where are they from? What was their family like? Why do they work here? What are their hobbies? See if you can get them talking about something that they have a strong opinion about.
See if you can do one of these every week.
I also think you would highly benefit from Toastmasters.
EggZackLee@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
Toastmasters is the best piece of advice in this thread.