Conversations
The art and science of having effective, joyful conversations
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Conversations
Want to get someone's help?
If you don't know them well, vague asks like these are doomed to fail:
1. Will you chat with me about my career?
2. Will you be my mentor?
3. Will you give me advice on how to improve my work?
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19 Things You Can Say to People in 10 Seconds That Sometimes Produce Insanely Outsized Effects
1. Yeah, someone *should* do that. Why not you?
2. Is there something you could do about that problem in the next five minutes?
3. That's a great thought - have you written it up somewhere? I'd be excited to share it if so.
4. Should you write a blog or
... See moreThe secret to hard conversations? Instead of making it confrontational, make it collaborative. Here's how to flip the script:
So instead of approaching it like "Ted, you're not hitting the click-through rates," you say:
“Hey, Ted, I've noticed that we haven’t met our target clickthrough rate. How can we solve this before the end of the week? Maybe a
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