julie bean: What are the first three ingredients that go into a successful communication? She says it's trying to imagine how the other person is going to receive any of the stuff you have to offer. The notion of focusing on your audience and what they need is a recurrent theme in this podcast, she says. Bean: I encourage every young adult to take time to read julie beans' books or watch her talk shows.
“Communication is such a delicate dance and kids need to emerge from childhood having practiced,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, former associate vice provost of undergraduate education Stanford University.
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams sits down with Lythcott-Haims to discuss her new book, Your Turn: How to be an Adult, and ideas on how to communicate with young people so they feel empowered to take on the various (and often intimidating) duties of adulthood.
“Responsibility isn’t a bad thing,” she says. “Responsibility is actually an amazing thing. And I think we have to do a better job of narrating that truth.”
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