Be Knowledgeable By David Wygant

Did you ever see someone to whom you’re attracted, and you just run out of things to say?

They start talking about Lindsay Lohan’s newest bout with diarrhea (or whatever she may be battling at the present moment), and you being neither a medical professional nor an expert in diarrhea, can’t seem to keep the conversation . . . moving along. It’s time to expand your horizons.

Not only are the best flirts the best listeners, but they’re also the most well-versed people in current events. It’s time to expand your horizons and start really learning about a lot of little things.

In order to become a good conversationalist, you need to really be able to talk about things. As cheesy as it might be, US Weekly magazine is a great way to bond with women on line at the grocery store.

For instance, actually being able to talk about and poke fun at Nicole Ritchie’s newest personality disorder is a really funny way to strike up a conversation in random places. Overall just paying attention to pop culture, culture, and politics, will help you get into better conversations with people all the time.

The next time you’re standing there and people are talking about something you know nothing about, take it as a hint that you need to expand your horizons. Instead of getting frustrated that you can’t participate in the conversation, or instead of being an ass and changing the topic to something about which you’re familiar, it’s better just to kick back and realize that you have some research to do.

I get asked all the time if I’ve always been such a good conversationalist. The answer is yes and no. Yes I am a natural conversationalist, but I also still had to really work at this and learn to understand the dynamics of human interaction.

In order to truly become a good conversationalist, you have to become knowledgeable about things that are not obvious. Talking to a woman on line at a grocery store about the hundredth sunny day in a row is the obvious. Poking fun at Paris Hilton’s lesbian adventure with Britney Spears is being creative and different.

So start reading up on everything you can, and you’ll become a better conversationalist in no time. Life is not about developing routines, it’s about developing conversation skills that will last a lifetime.