Quotes from Matt Morris

By laughing at yourself, you'll build your self-esteem and people will often empathize with you.

psychic abilities", or ability to read people based

you fall flat on your face and find yourself in an embarrassing position, just joke about it because in the big picture it is NO BIG DEAL. By laughing

ability to read people based

Again, if it successfully opens, you can transition into a story to build more of a connection and establish rapport, since you know the attraction is already there.

reality is that we all make mistakes, which ultimately make us

based on the way they look. If

Begin Stories With A Hint or Question A good way to capture people's attention and begin telling a story is by giving a small hint of what is to come. For example, you could start a story with, "Something hilarious happened at work yesterday," or "The craziest thing happened to me yesterday," or "I was so happy this morning.

A smile is one of the simplest strategies to immediately raise the value of your first impression. It

If you glance at someone and immediately think, "Oh, that person looks like a teacher," or "that person looks like they were in the military," or "that person looks like they are an actor," tell them that.

Keep in mind that small talk is good because it allows you to grab onto other topics that conversation can branch off from, and good conversationalists should be able to do that.

Also, questions are an excellent way to get a listener tuned in. They get the listener curious about your story. "Have you heard of…?" or "Do you know what happens when you…?" or "What's the difference between…?" After opening or initiating a conversation, a story must follow.

Smiles can completely change the frequency of one's day–from shi**y to f****n' great!

If your hobbies are different, you can try talking about food or family. Eventually you'll find something you both agree on because everyone can relate in some way. It could be that you are able to relate to the other person's family life. Are you the eldest child or the youngest? It could be that both of you have similar experiences when it comes to family.

The key is to play around and have fun with it, because the more enjoyable it is for you, the more enjoyable and entertaining it'll be for your listener.

Adults enjoy hearing stories directed toward what they are facing in life. Below are key tips to telling a variety of stories:   How to tell a motivational story Some storytellers are known to be good motivators. You

Compliments (only if you are genuine about it)

A story about survival and/or strength. Tales about near-death experiences and overcoming difficulties are very inspiring because they show human strength. Motivational stories emphasize human mortality and also reveal how a person can have incredible strength.  Use real-life experiences to highlight the fact that people can do anything they put their minds to.

Keep the positive vibes coming–you should keep the other person feeling great about the conversation to truly make them enjoy it.

Compliments are great, and people love them! Although

Encourage the volunteering of more information. "So what happened next?" or "Tell me more about that" would be proper to extend a conversation.

being yourself"; however, the more you smile, the more natural it will feel and eventually if you do it enough, it will become a habit (which takes

NOT to compliment people on their physical features (unless you are completely genuine) because people will often see it as though you just want something from them–and it is often interpreted as you either want to sell them something or have sex with them.

Step 8: Use small talk to get answers from the other person to bounce off of and use to find similarities and build rapport.  After you reach a hook point or a point where you feel a genuine connection with the person (and you'll know when it happens), then continue to use the words they use to get deeper into a conversation or to open new conversational topics to a deep connection.