1: Imagine a family gathering. Aunts, uncles, parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, nieces, and nephews.  

“Normally at such dinners, no one reveals anything fresh or surprising,” writes Priya Parker in The Art of Gathering. Cousins will hang out with other cousins, grandparents will talk among themselves, and most of the conversation will be small talk. We “eat, drink, get sleepy, and call it a night.”

Not necessarily a bad evening, … continue reading