Trying to make other people’s lives bearable.Making an effort to overcome shyness or their own insecurities in order to relate to others.Emphasising the positive aspects of events.Expressing themselves in a friendly tone, speaking in a positive and stimulating way.Taking an interest in others, what they do, what they say and what they feel.Receiving and welcoming people with dignity.
#Chitchat synonym series#
A friendly, cordial person is characterised by a series of qualities such as: It therefore has nothing to do with pretending or a mere external formalism. The affectionate response that emerges naturally from being friendly and having sincerity, is the joy of living that ends up spilling over into other people. Aristotle explained that cordiality is giving what you are, as opposed to liberality, which is giving what you have. This virtue allows us to strike up and establish good relations with others.Ĭordiality comes from a strong and sensitive heart it the usual way of behaving from people who are sincere and warm. Cordiality is a synonym for kindness and friendliness. And, the reasons behind such behaviour, as to involve the heart, is by making it inseparable from intention and grace. It is all about being cordial with one another that connections are maintained.įor, ‘Cordial’ comes from the word for heart (cor, cordis), it refers to a person who has the virtue of strengthening your heart or in other words a warm-hearted person. Even now, small talk can be helpful as a way to share our experiences and connect virtually when we cannot do so in person. Therefore being proficient in small-talk, and engaging in chit-chat is very much about facilitating communication with the aim of ensuring the virtue of wellbeing is evident, and for that, a person has to be talkative.Īs it is all too easy, to dismiss social conversation (aka chit-chat) as the type of small talk that is inconsequential, when in fact, it’s an essential part of day-to-day communication, which can add real value to our relationships and including with our customers. We might say that they ensure the common good. When we talk about social virtues, we are talking about virtues that also play the role of facilitating a service to others, to society. It may seem trivial, but a little ‘inconsequential’ chit-chat can pave the way for deeper conversation and connection.
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