How to Deal With False Information on a Podcast

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It can be difficult to just accept that the thing I'm about to say doesn't cover all the cases. It's frustrating to feel like you're only communicating something 70 or 80% true, but I think this is probably how any of us learn anything. We hear a bunch of things and combine them in our own minds. None of them are completely right. All of them are partial. That being said, without the examples, people get lost in abstraction and it can't really hang on to the idea.

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Is it possible to be both agreeable and skeptical in conversations? How can you give feedback and challenge people constructively without triggering their automatic self-defense mechanisms? More generally, how can you challenge people intellectually without riling them up emotionally? What skills are needed to be able to have detailed, productive conversations across a wide range of topics? How can you push through plateaus in the process of self-improvement? What are podcasts as a medium good for?

Find more about Spencer through his website, spencergreenberg.com.

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