ReThink Beauty
& Someone
“People fail to get along because they fear each other.
They fear each other because they don’t know each other.
They don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”
Dr. Martin Luther King
Being together
How do you make real contact?
We’ve all been there. You meet someone and strike up a conversation. Maybe you find them interesting, maybe you don’t think much of them yet. And maybe you don’t even like them at first glance, but you just want to get to know them better. Either way, sometimes a conversation just doesn’t flow.
We’ll help you get started and show you how to do things differently.
You are seated
next to someone
at the table?
You meet
someone
at a reception?
You are travelling
with someone
in the car?
There is
silence.
There is a boring conversation.
You want
real contact
STOP!
And pose this beautiful question:
What is the most beautiful
thing you experienced
in the past year?
And then …
you just listen, preferably until he or she has finished talking.
or …
then wait a moment before you say anything, and “taste” the silence,
and …
and you observe how someone smiles,
or …
you may see a sparkle in his or her eyes.
and …
you wonder whether your question had any effect on this person,
and …
what his or her answer did to you.