Introductory paragraph: Deep conversations can be difficult to initiate, but they are very rewarding and can lead to meaningful conversations. These conversation starters are designed to get to the core of a person and their thoughts and feelings.
1. What values or morals do you live by and why? – This conversation starter will reveal the core beliefs of an individual, as well as the reasons behind those beliefs.
2. What do you think is the most important thing in life? – This conversation starter will allow you to get an insight into a person’s priorities, values and beliefs.
3. What do you think happens when we die? – This conversation starter will get to the core of a person’s religious or spiritual beliefs.
4. Do you have any fears or worries about the future? – This conversation starter will allow you to get an insight into what a person is worried or scared of and why.
5. What do you think the most important problem in our society is and why? – This conversation starter will reveal what the individual thinks is the most pressing issue of our times andhow they would go about resolving it.
6. If you could invite any person, living or dead, to a dinner party who would it be? – This conversation starter will reveal who an individual admires and why, as well as getting to the core of what a person values.
7. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? – This conversation starter will reveal what a person is interested in and what places fascinate them.
8. If you could make or invent anything, what would it be? – This conversation starter will show the creative side of a person, as well as what kind of thing they are passionate about.
9. Do you have any hopes or dreams for the future? – This conversation starter will get to the heart of a person’s aspirations and what motivates them.
10. What are the most important lessons you have learned in life? – This conversation starter allows an individual to think back to the times in their life where they learned meaningful lessons.
11. What would you do if you had limitless resources? – This conversation starter allows a person to get to the core of their values and ambition, as well as what they feel is important.
12. How do you think technology has changed the way we live? – This conversation starter will allow you to get an insight into how a person views technology and its impacts on our lives.
13. How has your life been affected by cultural or societal expectations? – This conversation starter will get to the core of how a person has been shaped by their surroundings and cultural norms.
14. What are the most difficult choices you have had to make? – This conversation starter will allow an individual to think back to difficult decisions they have had to make and the factors that influenced them.
15. If you could pick one superpower, which one would it be? – This conversation starter will allow a person to reveal what kind of power they would choose and why.
16. What is your definition of success? – This conversation starter will reveal what a person views as being successful, as well as what values and principles underpin that definition.
17. What do you think the purpose of life is? – This conversation starter allows an individual to explore the deeper meaning behind human existence.
18. If you could go back and change one thing, what would it be? – This conversation starter will allow someone to get to the core of some of their regrets and how they have grown since then.
19. What do you think makes our lives meaningful? – This conversation starter can lead to an exploration of the core values and principles which lead individuals to find meaning in life.
20. How would you define happiness? – This conversation starter will allow an individual to get to the core of what makes them happy and how that differs from other people.