Good advice generally. But please, not at the gym. All gyms have a different vibe but mine is almost strictly no talking. We go there to workout, not to chat. Everyone locked in, headphones on, no nonsense. I've been going for years and I can count on one hand the number of conversations I've witnessed.

But the flipside is, I see the same gym crowd at the coffee shop next door and we always have a good chat there. Context matters.