Alison: Are you always caught in like the meta loop? Do you feel like you're floating over the room watching yourself? Matt: I absolutely agree and I actually describe it just like you did, that to become a better communicator, you have to be engaged in it. Alison: If you were to capture the best communication advice you have ever received is a five to seven word presentation slide title what would it be?Matt: One thing that sticks with me, this is from a professional matchmaker named Rachel Greenwald,. She uses this catchphrase, "Be more interested than interesting"
As a communication expert, Alison Wood Brooks spends a lot of time talking about talking. But, as she says, listening is just as important.
“My course is called TALK,” says Wood Brooks, who is the O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration and Hellman Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School. “The great irony is that it should really be called LISTEN. It’s hard to be a good listener yet so very important.”
In the latest episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Wood Brooks covers conversation strategies for active listening, turning anxiety into excitement, and knowing when it’s time to change the subject.
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