How to Be a Good Conversationalist

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When you were in college, and people would have said that you were not a great conversationalist. So i had to start from ratch. If you go down the list of ten tips that i used in totalk, i did all those things wrong,. So i can't imagine i was very enjoyable to talk. As this whole process was happening, like there was never, never, no one like on the road to damascus for me.

Humans need to have conversations every day-- at our jobs, in our homes, in government-- so how can we handle these better? Celeste Headlee is an award winning journalist who has done everything from anchoring morning news on public radio to covering presidential campaigns. In this episode, Celeste shares practical tips for anyone looking to improve their conversational skills, arguing that better conversations are well within our reach. Celeste is the author of “We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter” and “Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving.” Celeste is a regular guest host on NPR and American Public Media and a highly sought consultant.