Why You Should Think Things Through Before Opening Your Mouth

Talking to strangers takes awareness and skill

Jill Reid
Publishous
Published in
7 min readMar 12

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In his book, Talking To Strangers, author Malcolm Gladwell argues that something is very wrong with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don’t know.

And because we don’t know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and…

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Jill Reid
Publishous

Author of the Real Life Book Series & Please God, Make Me A Writer| Founder of Pathway to Personal Growth| Exploring the Complexities of Life| JillReidBooks.com