Sociable

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Definition: inclined to friendly communication; open to conversing; neighborly; agreeable to a free exchange of ideas

Balancing Quality: Attentive.
     Note: The best communicator is the person who is the best listener; one who is genuinely interested in the views and lives of others.

Compatible Quality: gracious, humorous

Familial Quality: companionable

Too Far: garrulous, nosy

Quotes:
• We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. — John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009) American novelist
• It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they’re physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected. — Robert J. Waldinger (1951-) American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, & Zen priest