Sit next to the other person or at a 90 degree angle to them.
Via The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism:
When people are sitting across from each other with a table dividing them, they tend to speak in shorter sentences, are more likely to argue, and can recall less of what was said.
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