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5 Ways To Instantly Turn Small Talk Into BIG TALK:Let me preface this by presenting the following idea: nobody is boring. Whenever I hear colleagues or friends complain about small talk I always ask them "Did you make an effort to elevate the conversation?" Or did you just ask them the same jibber jabber questions that you do with 80% of the people in your life? Conversations may be a two way street but you always have the power to make it more dynamic and engaging. Ask boring questions and you'll receive boring answers. Simple as that.People can only show as much as you let them within the context of the conversation. Not everyone shines under the same light and it's your job as a social being to figure out how you can help them show off their dazzling personality. A classic conversational trap is asking people questions that you can easily anticipate the answers to.For instance you'll ask "How’s your day?" and they'll respond with "Good." That's boring, uneventful and you feel like you're just going through the motions. In this article I'll explain how to morph those typical small talk questions into meaningful opportunities for relationship growth.1) What you normally ask: "How's your day?"What to ask instead: "What's the most surprising thing that happened to you recently?"--Doing this entices them to give better answers and actually reflect on the highs and lows of the past week. Giving them the opportunity to be insightful will compel them to open up and give intimate details about their life that they wouldn't normally share.2) What you normally ask: "What do you do for a living?"What to ask instead: "What gets you up in the morning? What are you most passionate about?"--Feeding people generic questions is only setting ourselves up to receive generic answers. Giving someone a positive and encouraging context to bring up their job, sets them up to talk about it with passion. Often times we worry about answering questions in an easily digestible way. This trend of thinking is toxic for those trying to maximize the output of daily interactions. Make people remember you by actively engaging with them. Become unforgettable and you'll move up on their mental list.3) What you normally ask: How are you holding up?What to ask instead: What's holding you up? What motivates you to keep moving forward?--This question is typically saved for someone going through a rough patch in their life. There's a line in the 2000 Danny Boyle movie The Beach that says, "Either get better or die. It's the hanging around in between that really pisses people off." Asking someone about their mental state when they're clearly in distress will only encourage them to lie and say everything's fine, so they can alleviate any discomfort.By focusing on the positive aspects of sadness such as hope and inspiration, you are subconsciously allowing that person to release their repressed feelings in a healthy and uplifting way. Hearing the thought process behind their coping strategies will give you insight into the severity of their issues without having to ask outright. They say the quickest way to a persons heart is through their stomach, but it's actually through subtlety.4. What you normally ask: How was ________? (Your date, your trip to New York, your hike up Torrey Pines)What to ask instead: If you had to do ________ all over again, what would you do differently?The broader your questions are, the less details people will give in return. Asking them about the overall quality of their experience will garner a common response ensuring that their time wasn't wasted. Answers like "It was good. I had tons of fun", are the ones you want to avoid. Ask poignant questions that will actually make them think. This thought train you send them on will make other stops organically along the way, providing you a better shot at finding out how_________ truly was for them.5. What you normally ask: Are you married?What to ask instead: Do you think life partners are over or underrated?The best way to get someone to talk about something specific is to bring up questions surrounding the central topic you secretly want them to elaborate on. If you want to know about their husband/wife, you have to get there incrementally by first talking about friendships, relationships, love etc. This question serves two functions: (a) it gives you their perspective on love and (b) personal values. Someone who puts a high premium on having someone by their side has a much different psychology than a person who is indifferent to the idea. Their answer to this is a natural transition into volunteering information about their own personal experiences.Getting information through the proverbial front door of someone's brain will always be underwhelming and overrated. Small talk is normally inconsequential and monotonous. But it doesn't have to be that way! Getting to know someone is like trying to break into a house. You can't just bust the door down right away. You need a plan of attack. Could you get in through the window? Maybe sneak into the garage? Going from small talk to big talk is allowing the other person to open up the doors for you. People want to be heard and understood. You just have to give them permission first.When life hands you small lemons, make big lemonade. Happy talking!Thomas

What they're attempting to do is a complete background check on you for a possible employer. This takes the load off the eventual hiring firm’s HR department which may not even exist. Many firms outsource every overhead department to be as competitive as possible. It’s not crazy and is an accepted practice if you use a “staffing or headhunter” type firm to do your job search. You may even be asked to apply for or reinstate your security clearance if required. If I were you I would fill out the requested documentation, but withhold it unless all of your questions are answered and a position is offered. I would also do some research on the Staffing Company you are dealing with. You may even have to talk to clients they have placed and where. Just proceed with caution and forethought! As Mr. Barnum has been misquoted over the years “There’s one born every second”.

It would not be a problem to file 1040-NR without the 8843. After all, the purpose of the 8843 is to exclude days of presence in the USA for the purposes of the Substantial Presence Test. If none of the days during the tax year qualifies for exclusion do not attach the form.

According to the Department of State, Division of Corporations, State Records, and UCC for New York, you must pay the statutory filing fee of $75 (as of July 2017) along with a small fee to check name availability.Filling out your non-profit forms accurately is very, very important. Ultimately, what you put in your documents may affect whether you are (or will remain) tax-exempt. Now, with that being said, your state documents aren’t the only documents you must complete. You must also fill out an Application for Recognition of Exemption with the IRS. Some non-profits are eligible to fill out a streamlined version, but you should talk with an attorney or tax professional to determine which one you should complete.You may also be required to obtain certain permits or licenses in New York (at either the city or the state level). This depends on what your non-profit will do or sell in order to raise money. Without the right permits or licenses, your non-profit could be shut down.You also need to write bylaws and appoint directors to the non-profit. Directors are important and should be chosen with care. They make important business and financial decisions for your non-profit. They will also officially adopt the bylaws at the first board meeting. The bylaws explain how the non-profit will be ran.Because non-profits must remain in compliance with state and federal law, it’s a good idea to first speak with an attorney and maybe even consider allowing the attorney to fill out the documents. It’s really worth the price since the tax-exempt status of the non-profit can be affected by a mistake. If you’d like to speak with an experienced attorney, check out LawTrades. Our legal marketplace has helped connect many entrepreneurs with experienced, non-profit attorneys to get them up and running. Hope you give us a try!

NO!Yahweh is not a good name for a child.Why not? I can guarantee, unless you live in an incredibly remote area of the world, your child will meet at least one Jew in his/her lifetime. Jews, even the most reformed ones, will be offended when people write or say the name of their god aloud. They use all sorts of euphemisms.The second reason is, even if there are no Jewish people where you live, children will taunt your child. And your little one will have to fill out all kinds of forms when they are older. If your child says at his/her job interview that his/her name is Yahweh, would people take him/her seriously? No.My school name is Amanda, and I get taunted for it. That is such a normal English name. Imagine how worse it would be if the name was something outrageous.Thirdly, how would you like to be called ‘God’?Notes:Some people have asked me why I get taunted for the name Amanda. My name is pronounced in fake accents. It rhymes with panda. And it's not my official birth name.Others have asked me, if it's not acceptable to call your kid Yahweh, then why are some Hispanic people named Jesus? Well, if it's pronounced ‘hay-zoos', it's a standardized and traditional name, so it's acceptable. Yahweh, and a name pronounced ‘jee-zus', is not.

I have been searching for full-time jobs for the past month. That’s thirty-plus days of dealing with applications in a city that doesn’t offer much for someone with my skill set. Here’s what drives me nuts:When I have to attach a résumé only to then manually fill out all of the information about my education and past work. Why? I typed it all out and formatted it for you already, plus my version is nicely designed.When one application takes half an hour to fill out. This is incredibly inefficient when you’re doing multiple applications. The longer it takes me to fill out a form, the more I boost my salary requirements.When the same application asks you the same questions over and over again on different sub-forms. You already have my sex, race, and veteran status. Why ask in five different spots?When the form says you’ll hear back in five to seven business days. That’s a full week. I need a job as soon as possible! Don’t you want to hire people? Isn’t that why we’re doing this?When an application tells you it wants a recent college graduate with five years of experience in management, a business degree with a liberal arts minor, two years of medical residency, ten years of pest control receptionist experience, and proficiency in signNow Creative Suite plus juggling skills. Who is this job even for? How in the world do you expect to find someone who meets all of these requirements? Why would someone devote their life to getting experience in menial, underpaid work just to one day be your dream candidate?I didn’t make up the pest control thing, by the way. This pest control place wouldn’t even hire someone as a receptionist unless that person had been working for a different pest control place previously. NO exceptions. Sorry to burst your bubble, but people don’t dedicate their lives to getting enough experience in pest control reception to come meet your requirements and make $12 an hour. Dream on.

When I applied to Harvard Medical School, there were two required essays. One was about why you wanted to pursue a career in medicine, and one was about why you wanted to go to Harvard.I was applying to Harvard Medical School on a dare and was certainly an unconventional applicant; I was only a junior, hadn’t fulfilled all the prerequisites, and was refusing to take the MCATs unless they admitted me first (see my other answers for more details).I finally got around to filling out the application at 4am on the day it was due, after studying all night for two exams and finishing a long problem set.I looked at the first prompt, thought for a few minutes, and then decided that 4am was probably not a good time to decide why I wanted to be a doctor. So I looked through my stack of old papers in my file cabinet, and selected an essay that was about the right length, and that had gotten rave reviews from my professor. The essay was about coaching little league baseball, and made no mention whatsoever of medicine or careers or anything of the sort. I retyped the essay, word for word, into the application form.I then looked at the second essay prompt. By this point it was past 6am, and I didn’t have much time before my first exam of the day. Feeling somewhat punchy by this time, and wired on caffeine, I decided to take the description of what was special about Harvard from the brochure, and re-state it in alliteration: “Harvard’s hallowed halls harken hopeful healers having healthcare hankerings, hungering heavy hardcover handbooks, hastily hidden however, hoping huge homework hordes hatch happy hearts; Harvard hats haphazardly held high …”When I went to my interview (45 minutes late), the Professor interviewing me told me how excited he was to meet me, and told me how my essay had been passed around from committee member to committee member as each tried to figure out the hidden meanings they were certain must be in my little league essay, and he couldn’t wait to find this out. I told him the true story; that I was filling out the application at 4am and didn’t have time to write a new essay, but offered to make up some deep meaning if he’d like me to! He laughed and asked “so, tell me, why do you want to be a doctor?” I told him I really wasn’t sure, but that medicine seemed interesting… He was amazed and said that was the first honest answer he’d ever gotten, and that he still wasn’t sure why he wanted to be a doctor, or whether he wanted to be a doctor. The interview ended up lasting over 3 hours, and I ended up with a thick envelope in April!

Quorum and Permitted Attendees As a general rule, no one other than a shareholder or a proxy holder of a shareholder has the right to attend the meeting. Other persons may be permitted to attend only if approved by the chairman.

Shareholders who do not attend the meeting in person may usually vote by proxy, which can be done online or by mail. At an AGM, there is often a time set aside for shareholders to ask questions to the directors of the company. Activist shareholders may use an AGM as an opportunity to express their concerns.

If you own shares in a company you're entitled to attend its annual general meeting (AGM) where you have a chance to grill directors about issues like performance and pay. ... Technically the investment platforms own the shares, not you; however the voting rights are still yours.

Shareholders who do not attend the meeting in person may usually vote by proxy, which can be done online or by mail. At an AGM, there is often a time set aside for shareholders to ask questions to the directors of the company. Activist shareholders may use an AGM as an opportunity to express their concerns.

An annual general meeting, or annual shareholder meeting, is primarily held to allow shareholders to vote on both company issues and the selection of the company's board of directors. In large companies, this meeting is typically the only time during the year when shareholders and executives interact.