Enough about you …
I’m thinking about a brief taxonomy of conversational styles, centering around the issue of attention.
Other-centered: People who are more interested in giving attention to their conversational others than take it for themselves, as in … Interesting, tell me more …
Shared-center: People who are equally interested in taking attention from and giving attention to their conversational others, as in … I can relate to that because … how about you? …
Self-centered: People who are more interested in taking attention from their conversational others than in giving attention to them, as in … Enough about you, now about me …
