Hello, everybody.

I'm going to start with a question.

How many of you know the person sitting next to you from before today?

Interesting.

So, do you remember the first conversation that you ever had with that person?

You know conversations are links.

Let's imagine every conversation to be a tiny metal link.

And every time you talk to a stranger,

a metal link is formed.

And every conversation that you have after that moment,

the link gets stronger and stronger.

And every day each one of us meets so many strangers:

the grocery guy, the cab guy

maybe the receptionist at a new office you went to.

And with every conversation we build new links.

Until finally at the end,

we've created a kind of massive World Wide Web of conversation.

World Wide Web.

It's a catchy word. I think I've heard that somewhere.

That's it, right? A conversation. It's a fascinating thing.

A conversation is an adventure.

A conversation gives you a whole new perspective.

A conversation opens a door.

Conversations can make war and conversations can make peace.

And conversations define who we are as a human race.

Think about this.

Every single person in your life was once a stranger to you.

And you knew nothing about them until you had that first conversation.

So I'm here today to tell you to talk to strangers,

to have a conversation.

And I'm here to tell you how.

Seven ways that you can make a conversation with almost anyone.

I'm a radio presenter

and I love talking to people.

I do. I love it.

And I'm so glad that I do it for a living.

Here's what my day is like.

Every single morning, I go into an empty room,

I put on a mic,