COMMUNICATION

Here you are now sitting at your local coffee shop face-to-face with a brand new human.

​AHaHaAHhhhh....now what?

It's scary, I don't know this human and they don't know me.

What do we talk about? The weather? Work? Family?. 

Ugh.
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Yes, there are some of us, humans, that struggle with small talk when meeting other humans for the first time. These initial conversations for the most part are surface level interactions, but are necessary to ignite connection. So our team here at Hello There Human have collected a series of questions to quickly help humans in face-to-face situations to get through the small talk and quickly into the BIG talk where deeper sharing begins and true connections are made.

No worries. We have you covered.

To begin with, you two humans have obviously taken up the mission to connect more with others or you wouldn't be here.  That's the first thing you have in common which should help you both feel at a bit at ease. Below you'll find the list of questions to mix and match as you please. It's that easy...just ask away. Now you both have tools to jump right in. Before you know it, you'll get the conversation going. 

Let the connection begin.

CONVERSATION STARTERS

Personal

1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3.  Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
6. What hobby would you get into if time and money weren’t an issue?
7. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?
8. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
9. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
10. How old do you feel and why?
11. What do you value most in a friendship?
12. What is your most treasured memory?​
13. When people come to you for help, what do they usually want help with?
14. What would you do differently if you knew that no one was judging you?
15. What makes you say, “What was I thinking?” When you look back on your life?
16. What advice would you give your younger self?
17. What is your pet peeve?
18. Who has impressed you most with what they’ve accomplished?
19. ​What’s the most out-of-character thing you’ve ever done?

Work

1. If you weren’t working there, what would you probably be doing right now?
2. How did you become a [job title]?
3. What surprised you the most about your current job?
4. If someone asked to be your apprentice and learn all that you know, what would you teach them?
5. What’s the craziest thing a boss has ever asked you to do?
6. Would you rather work four 10-hour days or five eight-hour days?
7. If you were guaranteed to be successful, what job would you want?
8. What was your first job? Did you like it?
9. What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received? How about the worst?
10. If humans no longer needed to work to survive, what would we do?
11. What job would you be terrible at?​
12. If you could teach a college course on any subject you want, what would it be?
13. Have you ever thought of a cool invention or company, only to discover someone had already invented or started it?
14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?

Stories

1. Where did you live before this? What are the biggest differences you see?
2. What did you think you were going to be growing up?
3. Do you have any hidden talents or surprising hobbies?
4. What was your favorite extracurricular in elementary school?
5. What was the must-have accessory or item when you were growing up?
6. What’s the most unbelievable thing that’s ever happened to you?
7. Who’s the most important role model or mentor you’ve had in your life? And Why?
8. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
9. What’s Your Worst Roommate Or House Guest Story?
10. What’s Your Most Embarrassing Childhood Memory?

Silly

1. What would be your ideal superpower? And would you use it for good?
2. Who Or Where Would You Haunt If You Were A Ghost?
3. If You Met A Genie Who Offered You Three Wishes, What Would You Wish For?
4. If You Could Be Any Person Alive Or Dead For A Day, Who Would It Be And Why?
5. If You Had A Time Machine, What Time Period Would You Visit, And Why?
6. If you could transform back and forth into any object, what would it be?
7. If animals could talk, which would be the rudest?
8. If peanut butter wasn’t called peanut butter, what would it be called?​
9. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance at winning medal for?​
10. What do you wish you had placed in a time capsule 15 years ago?
11. What is the dumbest way you’ve been injured?
12. If You Were Stranded On A Desert Island And You Could Choose One Person To Keep You Company, Who Would It Be? 
13. If you could have any type of animal for a pet, what would it be?

Entertainment

1. Are you reading any good books or watching any good shows right now?
2. If you could only watch one genre of movies for the rest of your life, what would it be?
3. What’s the last movie that made you cry? Or laugh aloud?
4. What is something that is really popular now, but in 5 years everyone will look back on and be embarrassed by?
5. In 40 years what will people be nostalgic for?
6. What would you name your boat if you had one?
7. What song(s) have you completely memorized?
8. What part of a kid’s movie scared you?​
9. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
10. ​In one sentence, how would you sum up the internet?
11. What is the best and worst purchases you’ve ever made?
12. What fictional place would you most like to go?
13. ​What do you wish you knew more about?
    

Travel

1. What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from home?
   
2. What place is top of your bucket list?
3. What can't you travel without?
4. What has been the most interesting item of food you've tasted?
5. Which country has the friendliest people?
6. What's been your scariest moment on your travels?
7. What was your most embarrassing moment during your trip?
8. Do you other languages? If so, can you share a few words?
9. Where would you most like to live in the world?​
   
10. What's your favourite travel childhood memory?

Philosophical

1. If you could know the absolute and total truth to one question, what question would you ask?
2. What takes up too much of your time?
3. Tell a story about a crazy coincidence?