Take your conversations deeper today. Whether that means divulging secrets on your blog or podcast or asking your cashier about the meaning of life is up to you. Interrogating the characters populating your world gives you more to chew on. And it also helps you develop a sharper relationship with your own hidden beliefs, agendas, and opinions. Cutting through the surface chatter can feel awkward at first, but doing so is how you strike interpersonal gold.