Could you go a whole day without talking about yourself?

[hepcat]

I'm reading the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People", an older but solid common sense advice book. People LOVE to talk about themselves, and one of the pieces of advice it mentions is, let people talk about themselves and they will like you.

We all do it every day, and I'm as guilty as the next person. Could be any conversation about anything, but the first thing that pops into my head will be something about how it relates to my life or how it affects me. Stemming from that, could you go a whole day without talking about yourself?

[Mrs Pantherfan]

so...let's say your friend says "man I took the best dump this a/m!"

if you responded, "dude, me too! It was fantastic!"

would that constitute talking about yourself??

[Mvp2014]

best thing to do is just not say anything. People love the silent treatment

[hepcat]

so...let's say your friend says "man I took the best dump this a/m!"

if you responded, "dude, me too! It was fantastic!"

would that constitute talking about yourself??

sure, you related it to yourself and your dump. instead of asking him what shape, how it felt, etc, you just talked about yourself.

[Mvp2014]

so...let's say your friend says "man I took the best dump this a/m!"

if you responded, "dude, me too! It was fantastic!"

would that constitute talking about yourself??

Yes, you need to ask him more about his dump.

[mmmbeans]

I could... you probably couldn't though.

[Mrs Pantherfan]

hmmm..what if he says..."man I took the best dump this a/m!, how 'bout you?"

how do you respond?? Act like you don't hear? and then answer his question with a question?? Little questions like this would make it very difficult

[Mvp2014]

hmmm..what if he says..."man I took the best dump this a/m!, how 'bout you?"

how do you respond?? Act like you don't hear? and then answer his question with a question?? Little questions like this would make it very difficult

damn you're good

[mmmbeans]

that sounds fantastic! hopefully you'll dump another great one this afternoon!

[Mrs Pantherfan]

damn you're good

lol.....but seriously..people asking you specific questions would make this almost impossible...

[Jase]

I'm reading the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People", an older but solid common sense advice book. People LOVE to talk about themselves, and one of the pieces of advice it mentions is, let people talk about themselves and they will like you.

We all do it every day, and I'm as guilty as the next person. Could be any conversation about anything, but the first thing that pops into my head will be something about how it relates to my life or how it affects me. Stemming from that, could you go a whole day without talking about yourself?

On a typical day, I rarely talk about myself.

Except for when I get on the huddle.

Like I'm doing right now.

I'm...I...I ... dammit!

[Panthro]

I'm much too interesting

[charlotte49er]

I'm reading the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People", an older but solid common sense advice book. People LOVE to talk about themselves, and one of the pieces of advice it mentions is, let people talk about themselves and they will like you.

We all do it every day, and I'm as guilty as the next person. Could be any conversation about anything, but the first thing that pops into my head will be something about how it relates to my life or how it affects me. Stemming from that, could you go a whole day without talking about yourself?

Only if I wasn't around other people or on a msg board. :p (Vanity is a sin, I know, but stupidity isn't? Go figure!)

The only way to get me from talking about myself it to talk about one of my other favorite subject. :D (Prospecting, metal detecting, sports, women's anatomy!)

(Or if you are a woman, flash boobs!) A former GF of mine used to flash her breasts at me everytime we were about to have an argument. I didn't remember until about a half an hour later we were going to argue. By then she would say, "We did, you won., you're right." And I'd go away happy.

[DC Amp]

I could go a day without talking about myself but not without talking to myself.