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dot me slash TFTS. There's a fine line we all must walk when we communicate. We have to say enough to get our point across, but we want to avoid over talking.

Today we'll explore talking too much and how to listen more. I'm Matt Abrahams and I teach

strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast.

Today I look forward to speaking, very concisely, mind you, with Dan Lyons.

Dan is a journalist, author, and sometimes screenwriter.

He wrote for Newsweek in Forbes and recently released his third book,

STFU, The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World.

Welcome, Dan. I'm excited for our conversation, and I must admit, very aware of what I am saying.

I'm curious, what motivated you to write this book, and how do we know if we're an over-talker?

It's a great question.

And full disclosure, I was motivated to write the book because I talked too much.

And I became aware of this.

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