The Matching Principle in Conversations

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Mismatched conversations, such as emotional versus practical dialogues, can lead to frustration. To truly connect and understand each other, individuals must apply the matching principle. This principle involves identifying the type of conversation happening and adjusting one's communication style to align with the other person. By actively matching and inviting each other to match in dialogue, individuals can transition smoothly between different conversation types, ensuring effective communication and mutual understanding.

Our guest in this episode is Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and writer for the New Yorker Magazine who is also the New York Times Bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. His new book is Supercommunicators, a practical and approachable guide to what makes great conversations work. In the episode we discuss the science behind what it takes to form a connection with another human being through dialogue, how to generate or nurture a bond, and how to form, repair, and maintain a conversational pipeline through listening and communicating that guarantees reciprocation and understanding.

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