Answer 2: If you’re stuck just talking trivia and you’d like to talk about something more interesting, try this bold solution!

From The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns (Burns is a well-respected psychiatrist and multi-million selling author specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy):

You can transform the most boring interactions into incredibly exciting ones within less than thirty seconds with a 100% success rate if you use this simple but bold technique:

Comment, in a tactful and friendly way, on the fact that you feel bored. Ask the other person if they feel the same way. That’s all you have to do!

If you’re chatting abut trivia with someone at a party and you’re crawling out of your skin, you could say: “Have you ever noticed how easy it is to get involved in really boring small talk at parties like this?”

They’d probably say yes. Then you could say, “Well, that’s how I feel right now {“I feel statement}. Do you feel the same way? {inquiry?}. We’re just talking about nothing at all. I don’t know why, because I’ll bet you’re an interesting person and I’d like to get to know you a little better {stroking}.

The moment you admit that you feel bored there will be a certain electricity in the air. It’s a fairly daring statement, and your boredom will be history. The compliment “I’ll bet you’re an interesting person” is included to reassure the other person that you don’t want to put them down and that you simply want to get to know them better (p 440).

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What do you think?

Do you think you could be brave enough to try this once before you died?!!

I think it’s brilliant. However, I’d definitely practice it a couple of times on someone safe before trying it out in the real world!