Ahhhh ... New Year's Resolutions ... i actually am a big fan of them yes, i don't kid around -- i set goals for each year and then i check up on the goals every quarter and track how i am doing against these goals.
some are business goals (like revenues for my company, Stonebrick). some are more personal goals.
this year, one of my most innovative resolutions is to limit small talk and concentrate on big talk? how, you ask? i have no idea how i'm actually going to be able to move the average cocktail conversation to big talk ... but i am going to try. i imagine i'll piss off a few people in the process ... but no pain, no gain.
i came away thinking that we spend too much of our time on small talk. especially people that spend most of their professional time selling (like myself). instead of asking someone i just met "where do you live?" or "where did you grow up?" or "what do you do?" i might to try to stir the pot a little ...
check back with me next quarter and i'll let you know if this little experiment is successful ...
