Be more popular.

Be liked - a little more .

Be less irritating.

Have less people avoid you.

Conversations have a baton which we pass between us. Hopefully, it is passed fairly so that we each get a chance to speak. We do in good conversations.

However, ....

Some never let go of the baton.

They are the bores.

Learn about the 'faux question', the 'loose connection' and a myriad of other conversational misdemeanours.

Knowledgable people will know what this illustration shows. Be the blue sapphire, or the bit in the middle. Clue: we have some roads that are O__ W__ too.