12 Questions To Ask That Are Better Than "How Are You?"

How are you?” is the lowest-hanging fruit in the tree of caring questions, and it’s the one that will give you the most ...
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Don't ask 'How are you?' Here's how successful people get others to like and trust them: Psychology expert

The worst thing you can ask at the start of any interaction is: "How are you?" You're essentially telling the other person that the interaction will be like every other interaction. They'll most ...
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6 things to say when someone asks ‘How are you?' and you're absolutely not ‘fine'

Unprecedented times are starting to feel like the new normal. What we need to get through these times is social support. But in order to receive it, we have to stop "surface acting," or feeling ...
Psychology Today

How Are You? It's a Deceptively Hard Question

It’s such a deceptively simple question. How are you? We hear it dozens of times a day and often answer on autopilot: Fine. Good. Can’t complain. Or maybe we offer a knowing sigh alluding to the ...
Fast Company

Stop saying ‘how are you?’ and try these greetings instead

Every encounter with another person is an opportunity to shape that relationship. The first words out of your mouth are key in establishing the goodwill we all crave. Unfortunately, too often our ...