Ending a conversation with someone who just wants to argue can be tricky. You want to stay polite but firm, and most importantly, you want to shut down the never-ending debate. Whether it's a friend, ...

Some conversations are worth engaging in, and some are just emotional landmines waiting to go off. Whether it is an awkward family gathering, a tense social situation, or a completely unhinged debate ...

Let’s be honest—leaving someone you once chose is one of the hardest things to do. Not because you’re cruel. But because you're human. You remember their laugh, how they held your hand when things ...

We’ve all been on a phone call that has gone on for way too long. Sometimes, the person on the other end rambles on and you’re left trying to tactfully end the conversation without hurting their ...

Sometimes you have to—or simply want to—say no. Here’s how to decline an invitation the right way and limit hurt feelings.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Molinsky helps young professionals navigate workplace success. After years of Zoom fatigue, in-person networking is making a ...

Forget spring cleaning your wardrobe, spring clean your dating life. There’s never been a better time to end it with your situationship: Spring is here, summer is on the horizon, and the social ...

As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Much of the advice doled out to entry-level graduates for job ...

How do you cheat at a conversation? This could have been a Zen koan, in different times. In the unfortunate times we live in, it is the question driving an artificial-intelligence tool called Cluely.