Minutes of a Monday #55
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Brain Food > Talk to me Goose
“In 2020, scientists recorded 1,656 conversations between strangers. The volunteers rated their partner’s conversational acumen. As researcher Saloni Dattani summarized the findings, “People who were rated higher by their conversational partners tended to speak fairly quickly, and with more emotional intensity. Also, they tended to use more head movement (nodding for yes and shaking for no) while listening, and showed more facial signs of happiness.”
Conversation is a skill, and fabulous rewards await those who cultivate it. You’ll learn faster, and empower others to do the same. Everyone will want to introduce you to their friends, so you’ll increase your exposure to serendipity. And anyone who finds you sufficiently interesting will look you up to find out what else you’re doing and how they can get involved.
You don’t need to host a podcast to get good at conversation. Each of us is forging our own path through the vast expanse of the unknown, so each of us has a unique vantage. Sharing your discoveries enriches everyone, and helping others share their discoveries enriches everyone further, catalysing new growth.”
Soul Food
“When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.”
Oscar Wilde
LOL
Conversation craic on a bus in Cork:
Appendix
“Wayne Dwyer said that when you squeeze an orange, what comes out is orange juice. When you get squeezed, whatever comes out is what’s inside you. And part of that extract is the point of view you don’t even know you have. It’s baked into the art you make and the opinions you share.”
Rick Rubin
AOB
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great week.
Article #7 ‘Money for Nothin’ and Your Actors for Free’ went out last Friday.
It’s part of a series of articles around what it means to actually make a living as an actor, in light of the current strike and the dawn of A.I. among other changes.
You can read it here.