The Secret to a Good Conversation
conversation is crucial: Face-to-face conversation is the most human—and humanizing—thing we do.24 Fully present to one another, we learn to listen. It’s where we develop the capacity for empathy. It’s where we experience the joy of being heard, of being understood.
Cal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
A real conversation is an interactive process—one where you are constantly going to be listening, sharing your view, asking questions, and negotiating to get the conversation back on track when it starts to go off the rails.
Roger Fisher • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Discover the best way to start a conversation.
Daniel H Pink • To Sell Is Human
Listen a moment and then start right in.
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
Good conversation tips:
“If we had 5 mins left, what would you want to have had covered” gets to the meat earlier
“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the one reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”
“What would the best version of yourself do”?
When someone confronts you w/ a problem they have with you
What I heard was