Importance of Establishing Trust and Understanding Motivations in Conversations

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Establishing trust and understanding the motivations behind a person's beliefs are crucial in conversations, especially on topics like vaccine hesitancy. Using techniques like motivational interviewing can help uncover motivations and build rapport, as seen in a scenario where a religious belief was a key motivation for vaccine hesitancy. Acknowledging differences in beliefs and building trust are essential in effectively communicating with others.

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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