CoderCorgi's Conversational Starters Collection

Convo Starters

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From https://kailajlim.com/newsletter Kaila Lim
- What are you looking forward to lately?
- Tell me something that's made you smile today.
- What's something you're spending more time on than usual these days?
Larry King's Icebreakers
- If you could trade places with someone with a day, who would it be and why?
- If you had to give up a favorite food, which would be most difficult to give up?
- What's one of your pet peeves?
CoderCorgi's current convo cadence
- Small talk [interests alignment]
  - What are some of the most exciting events or groups you're involved in?
    - Why?
  - What kind of things inspire you?
  - What outcomes do you want to achieve this year?
    - Why? (series of whys, up to seven)
- Friendship [values alignment]
  - What do you value in friendships? What are the best ways they add to your life?
  - If you could design a personal set of social norms for how your friends interact with you, what would they be?
  - How would other people describe you? How does this compare to how you want to be perceived?
- Depth [vision alignment]
  - What makes you feel alive?
    - How are you steering towards aliveness this upcoming week?
  - What do you truly, deeply desire out of life?
    - What are your core desired feelings?
  - What are your highest values?
    - What would it take for you to express them 10% more this week?
  - You have a final performance review at the end of your life. What will you be asked? How will you answer?

General principles
- Seek to understand before being understood.
- What do they care about as a person? Relatability stems from there.
Starting off
- What’s the best way to get to know you as a person?
- What’s your life story?
Fun things
- When's the last time you really laughed?
- What's one favorite memory from the last year?
- What drives you?
- How do you like to treat yourself?
- What in life do you get truly excited about?
Deep things
- What traits do you envy/value in those around you?
- What do you value in friendships? What are the best ways they add to your life?
- How, historically, have you become close to people?
- If you could design a personal set of social norms for how your friends interact with you, what would they be?
- How would other people describe you? How does this compare to how you want to be perceived?
Following up
- How do you prefer to keep in touch?
- What's your preferred communication style (text vs call, frequency)?
  - I personally prefer text for info sharing, call for convos, and strive for openness and directness with a preference to reduce friction and info barriers.

General principles

Starting off