SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Tips on How to Avoid Boring Other People No one likes a bore, and no one wishes to be a bore. But surely you cannot learn to be interesting? Aren't some people just dull by nature? True, no one can learn to talk like Oscar Wilde simply by reading articles and self-help books. But anyone canlearn how to avoid boring others. ADVERTISEMENT 1) Don't talk about yourself all the time. No one is duller than a monomaniac. No matter how clever, witty or educated you may be, if you only ever talk about your own life, and if you steer every conversation on to the subjects that interest you, you will be avoided. Your children may be the center of your world, but they are not the center of anyone else's. ADVERTISEMENT And, painful as it may be to hear this, the amazing year you spent backpacking around Asia or South America is really not that