Setting small, specific talking missions for oneself while out in public can help people practice social skills and potentially lead to new connections.

“I'm going to set myself a little mission of I'm going to find out one of the names of the people behind the counter this time when I go in. Or it might be as simple as, you know, normally I just go in and I say, "Hey, how's it going? I'll have this." But this time I'm actually going to ask a questio”