Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
It's easy to get good table talk going if you have a little help in the form of questions, games, newspaper articles, books with fun statistics, things like that.
Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.
Read books and keep informed. The conversation can get old if you don't have some good new topics to bring to the table.
The standard way to record a meeting is to list people's names, the topics, and action items. The visual way is to doodle a rectangle (the table) populated by figures (the participants) sitting around the table with their comments as cartoon word balloons.
I could talk about Blade Runner forever.
I'm always willing to talk to somebody if they have something to say that is interesting.
In Slack, you create channels to discuss different topics. For a small group of people, those channels are relatively easy to manage and navigate.
Luckily, my only responsibility for 'Still Processing' is to show up and talk.
If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.
Young people are having a hard time with what's reality and what's fantasy these days...We created discussion. It wasn't to create controversy for sale's sake, but rather it was my obligation to use the medium for discussion. Nobody's discussing the grown-up topics; they are faking and fronting.
New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.
We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.
I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about.
Fortunately... 'With Fi and Jane' features BBC veterans Fi Glover and Jane Garvey sitting in the BBC cafe, nattering about whatever interests them.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
There has been failure, particularly with the effort to protect our coast and our marsh. And that was the biggest topic of discussion in a very frank meeting we had with the president.
I love discussing my game with people who have similar mindsets.
I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character.
I would rather raise certain topics and maybe let you ruminate on them. I'm not big on answering them.
Literary prizes serve a purpose if they allow for discussion of books.
I love lawyers. And I like to talk to lawyers, and I like to engage in a spirited discussion with lawyers.
