The Jordan Harbinger Show

52: Cal Fussman | How to Ask Big Questions for Big Answers

Jun 6, 2018

01:24:32

Episode guests

Cal Fussman

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

How to Build Rapport With People Fast

2min

How to Succeed as a Writer

2min

How to Know When You're Done Writing

2min

How to Change Your Phrases on a Podcast

4min

The Middle Initial That Helped Me Become President

3min

How My Mom Reacted to a Letter From the President

3min

How to Be a Successful Journalist

5min

How I Learned to Interview Other People

5min

10.

How to Meet Women on a Train

4min

11.

The Power of Nonverbal Communication

2min

12.

The Importance of Couchsurfing

6min

13.

How to Curiously Ask Questions

5min

14.

How to Engage Your Curiosity in Conversations

3min

15.

How to Use Curiosity in Interviews

3min

16.

The Importance of Curiosity in Podcasting

2min

17.

The Waste of Time and Opportunity

3min

18.

The Future of Podcasting

2min

19.

How to Answer Questions in an Interview

2min

20.

The Art of Interviewing

2min

21.

How to Be a Great Keynote Speaker at a Conference

2min

22.

How to Be a Successful Keynote Speaker

4min

23.

How to Interview a Person You Don't Know

2min

24.

The Importance of Comfort

2min

25.

How to Make This the Most Comfortable for You

2min

26.

How I Changed My Interviewing Style

4min

27.

How to Hone Your Storytelling Craft

5min

28.

The Dilemma of Vulnerability in Business

5min

Cal Fussman (@calfussman) is a writer-at-large for Esquire Magazine known for his interviews with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Muhammad Ali to Jeff Bezos to Barbara Walters to Tom Hanks to Serena Williams. Make sure to check out his weekly podcast: Big Questions with Cal Fussman.

What We Discuss with Cal Fussman:

How November 22, 1963 got a young Cal to start asking big questions.
How Cal learned to build rapport fast during a decade of travel.
What creates and maintains the kind of curiosity that drives an epic interview.
Cal's approach to interviewing and how it differs from that of a journalist.
Why listening is actually an art form and how we can hone our skills to get the best out of others and ourselves.
And much more...

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