"Boomerasking" is a conversational trick where questions are used to talk about oneself. Behavioral researchers found it's perceived as insincere, regardless of good intentions. Boomerasking is one of ...

I was at a conference where the speaker posed the question, “Do you talk to yourself?” My immediate reaction was, “I don’t talk to myself.” So maybe I do. But talking to yourself is a useful way to ...

Asking someone a question just so you can talk about yourself is a conversational trick that's as annoying as it is old. Now it has a name: boomerasking. Not boomer as in "OK boomer" — think of it ...