How intentional are you when you greet people, work with them, or console them? In this installment of Doing What Works, Katie and I share the best motivation for a conversation, and the one we hope you never have to have. We'll give you ideas for icebreakers and for injecting surprise in even the most mundane exchanges. Because really. When the kids grow up and the careers wind down, what do you have left besides a conversation with the person across the breakfast table? Here are your show notes... Gregg Levoy is the author of Callings. “When you walk in to work, in the office, just say ‘Good morning’ and go to work. Whatever you do,don’t say, ‘How are you?’ Because people will tell you -- and there goes half your day.” That's from Jerry Weintraub's When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead.