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The “It” Factor: How to Hack Charisma & Use Body Language to Boost Your Influence, Income, and Impact

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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How to Stop Using Up Talk When You Speak

Up talking is when you're under signaling competence. You might be the most competent and qualified person, but if you walk into that interview and you don't say "I think I'd do great here" it's a permission seeking behavior. So oftentimes highly warm people who really, really desperately want to be liked use more up talk because they're asking, do you agree? Do you like me?

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