"In the comments of my newsletter on interviewing and wanting to be a better listener, a reader told me about an acronym people in the coaching world use frequently: WAIT, which stands for “Why Am I Talking?”There’s something about this acronym that is more helpful and hits much harder than my usual “Shut up and listen” mantra.-Austin Kleon, "Why … Continue reading W.A.I.T.: Why Am I Talking?
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How To Have A Good Conversation
"1. Set up the conversational premise so you, and the other person, have easy outs, if it is not a good match.2. Don’t assume the conversation will last an hour. Rapidly signal what kind of conversation you are good at, if anything going overboard in the preferred direction, again to establish whether the proper conversational … Continue reading How To Have A Good Conversation
