You can create compelling conversations by asking simple, yet deep, questions like:
- What brings you here?
- How did you hear about this class (party/event/movie)?
- What do you like to do online?
- Where were you born? How many miles do you think that is from here?
- Where are you in your family’s birth order?
- What makes you smile?
- What have you been reading recently?
- Can you recommend any movies to see or rent?
- What’s the most beautiful place you’ve seen?
- What qualities make a good leader?
- Which issues are important to you in this election?
- Who chose your name? Why?
- What music inspires you?
- Where are you coming from?
- Where are you going?
- Where do you feel most comfortable? Why?
- How do you release stress?
- What do you appreciate about living here?
- What did you learn at your last job?
- What do you do to stay healthy?
- What TV shows would you recommend to a visitor to your country? Why?
- Have your habits changed in the last year?
- How would your friends describe you?
- What would you add?
“Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can’t bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late.”
- Osamu Dazai (1909–1948), Japanese novelist