I hate small talk, and I’m sure you do too… But what if I told you the Harvard Business Professor who teaches the #1 Communication Course, Dr. Alison Wood Brooks, says that small talk is how every great conversation starts? When you stop dreading small talk and start using it as a bridge, that’s when conversations stop feeling awkward and start feeling easy. On today’s episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Alison Wood Brooks to give you the exact tools and strategies that will he