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Hi, Matt here. Welcome to this best of episode, where friend and fellow strategic communication

lecturer, Bert Alper and I, discuss how to

deal with challenging objections and hot and spicy conversations. Enjoy as we discuss ways to help

you handle these situations. One of the communication situations that makes people most uncomfortable and nervous is when challenged with objections and concerns.

Clearly, deep thought and active debate over ideas often helps improve decision-making,

but the experience of defending your ideas and proposals is hard and fraught with potential pitfalls.

In this podcast, we'll explore ways of handling objections while remaining cool, collected, and credible.

I am so looking forward to diving into this topic with my friend and fellow lecturer at the GSP,

Bert Alper.

Welcome, Bert.

Thank you.

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