230: How to Small Talk with Big Results | Feedback Friday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
People rarely admit to enjoying small talk, but that's because so few of us are actually very good at it. Luckily, FEW is also a convenient-to-remember acronym for Facts, Emotions, Why -- a foolproof formula for leading small talk that can yield big results. Find out how in this Feedback Friday!
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On This Week's Feedback Friday, We Discuss:- When your friend repeatedly sends five-minute voice messages that a 10-second text would convey, how do you drive home the point that ain't nobody got time for that?
- Congrats on quitting social media! But now what do you do with your spare two- to five-minute intervals you used to spend tweeting or reading Facebook? Glad you asked!
- How can somebody in a quaint but underdeveloped town find improv and behavioral classes to improve their skills and up their game on personal and professional fronts?
- Is it opportunistic to leverage interest other companies have shown in recruiting you when it's time to negotiate for a raise -- even when you planned to stick around anyway?
- Even though you consider yourself social and find your spouse's friends a delight, they seem to think you don't like them. How can you dispel their concerns and let your real feelings shine through?
- You've broken up with your significant other of four years for once again lying to you, but you feel guilty because they've been in therapy for the past six months trying to be better. What next?
- Your usually calm and cool significant other will be taking the bar exam soon, and a lot of things are up in the air until it's passed. How can you express support without getting in the way?
- When you've lost trust in your business partner, what steps can you take to ensure you're not on the hook for 100 percent of the company's debt if things go even further south?
- Life Pro Tip: Drowning in debt from that unexpected hospital visit? Medical billing departments will often accept a fraction of what you "owe."
- A quick shoutout to recently married listener and local Michael Moore!
- Have any questions, comments, or stories you'd like to share with us? Drop us a line at friday@jordanharbinger.com!
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Feedback Friday. I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger and I'm here with producer Jason de Filippo. |
| 0:38.0 | Here on the Jordan Harbinger show we love having conversations with our fascinating guests in this week. |
| 0:43.0 | We had Oliver Bolo talking about money laundering and how the ultra wealthy dodged the law, hide their cash using shell corporations and other sneaky stuff. |
| 0:52.0 | I found this super interesting. We also spoke with my friend Cameron Harald about the emotional roller coaster of owning a business and how mental health and entrepreneurship actually intersect. |
| 1:02.0 | This was an interesting look at things like ADHD and bipolar and how these can be superpowers for CEOs. In fact, bipolar is sometimes referred to as the CEO disease. |
| 1:13.0 | It was an interesting look inside that whole world. I also write every so often on the blog. The latest post is five signs your life is off track and don't worry I've ticked off most of those things. |
| 1:23.0 | I thought I'd share the wisdom gain from being off track more than you might think and of course what you can do about it to get back on track. |
| 1:32.0 | That's the most important part. I can't stand those articles that just complain about something and then throw their hands in the air. |
| 1:38.0 | I want to always give you some action steps to fix the problem or at least get back on the right track. |
| 1:44.0 | Make sure you've had a look and a listen to everything we created for you this week. Of course, our primary mission is to pass along guests, insights and experiences and our experiences and insights along to you. |
| 1:56.0 | In other words, the real purpose of the show is to have conversations directly with you. That's what we do on Friday. |
| 2:01.0 | So you're on feedback Friday. You can reach us Friday at Jordan Harbinger.com and I got a compliment. Everyone's really good at following instructions. I thought I would get a ton of people sending me stuff to Jordan at Jordan Harbinger.com. |
| 2:16.0 | Everybody with the exception of maybe one or two people a month actually sends it to the right inbox, which is kind of amazing. |
| 2:24.0 | That's unheard of. Are you kidding me? Come on. It just speaks to how smart the audience is and how smart you guys actually are. |
| 2:33.0 | Smart and good at following directions. Those are two different things, but I'm consistently impressed with what's in the inbox. |
| 2:39.0 | I like to think that our audience is smart and can follow instructions. |
| 2:44.0 | I like that because I've definitely had other shows and been involved in other businesses and you just go, oh my gosh, they're all dumb. There's nothing. |
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