Super Summary: 10 ways to have a better conversation

Would you give 11 minutes of your life to learn how to have consistently better conversations forever after?

If so, here is a really useful talk by Celeste Headlee on the subject.

Okay, if you only have one minute, than here is the super-summary breakdown of the talk.

1. Be present – focus 100% on the conversation
2. Don’t pontificate – set yourself aside
3. Use open-ended questions – let them pick their own words
4. Go with the flow
5. If you don’t know, so say
6. Don’t equate your experience with theirs
7. Don’t repeat yourself – don’t repeat yourself 😉
8. Stay out of too many details and facts
9. Listen to understand the other person
10. Be brief but cover the subject – like a miniskirt 😆

Yes, she says not to pontificate in a conversation – if you want to pontificate, then write a blog instead. So here I am. 🤷🏻‍♂️