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It's a Good Life

S2E228 The Final Secret to Connecting with People with Charles Duhigg

Sep 24, 2024
32:12

When you learn the skills for super-communication, you can connect with almost anyone you meet. In the second part of this special episode, bestselling author Charles Duhigg shares more of what it takes to be a super-communicator in work and in life.

 

YOU WILL LEARN:

·     How to recognize the 3 types of conversations that typically happen.  

·     Why a conversation doesn’t have to be perfect to be great.

·     Why you can disagree and still feel connected.   


MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

 

Charles Duhigg


S1E14 An Interview with Daniel Goleman

 

S2E125 How to Live the Good Life with Dr. Robert Waldinger  


The Peak Experience

 

“The Varieties of Religious Experience,” by William James

 

Die Hard

 

NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:

 

“When someone expresses something to us and we match them, what we're really saying is, ‘I want to connect with you.’” – Charles Duhigg

 

“If we get focused on trying to have the perfect conversation, we don't actually have a conversation.” – Charles Duhigg

 

“We think that a great conversation is something where we sound so erudite and so perfect. It's exactly the opposite. A great conversation is a mess to everyone except the people in it, because you feel that sense of connection.” – Charles Duhigg

 

“My hope is that when we become better communicators, when we learn the skills for super- communication…that all the people that we encounter in our lives we can have a connection with, without having to agree about everything.” – Charles Duhigg

 

“This world has always been at its best when people can disagree with each other and still feel connected.” – Charles Duhigg


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