HOW TO PERSONALISE YOUR CONVERSATIONS Conversations start with...

Conversations start with small talk.
There’s an order to these things. You can’t just approach someone and open with, “So, tell me about your childhood.” You need to ease comfortably into it.
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Thus, you’re usually going to hit a few impersonal topics before you move to personal ones.
YOU: [standing in line behind a girl] Think we’ll be here in this line all day?
HER: It was moving pretty good earlier! I think it’s that woman at the cashier.
YOU: We should call the cops on her and have her dragged screaming away.
YOU: Maybe she already has. That’s what all the holdup is about.
HER: [laughs]
YOU: So what’re you waiting here for?
2. Laughing at a joke of yours.
3. Moving physically closer to you.
4. Switching to more open body language aimed at you.
If you see any of those, it’s a good general sign you can transition to personal conversation.
You can easily personalize your conversations in a few simple ways:
1. Ask about wants/pursuits/tendencies. What’s she after? What’s she desire? What does she tend to do?
You can use them throughout your conversations, at any time, and should always keep them near-at-hand.
It helps a lot with, for instance, people you talk to who repeatedly veer off personal topics and onto impersonal ones.