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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

638: Help! My Mind Goes Blank When I Talk to People: How to Talk to People by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich shares tips for talking to people. Episode 638: Help! My Mind Goes Blank When I Talk to People: How to Talk to People by Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to be Rich. Ramit wants to use money to say YES. He knew there was a better way to live a rich life—if we could use psychology to focus on what actually works. Not just for personal finance, but all aspects of life: money, careers, relationships, business, fitness, and more. Since then, he's been testing and sharing his findings with the world via I Will Teach You To Be Rich. He's also written a New York Times bestselling book, been profiled in a 6-page Fortune article, and been pictured next to Warren Buffett in Forbes Magazine, as well as been featured by a long list of media, including the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, NPR, Fox Business, PBS, CNBC, and more. He also has tons of documented success stories—more than 20,000. The original post is located here: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/help-my-mind-goes-blank-when-i-talk-to-people Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 638.

0:03.6

Help! My mind goes blank when I talk to people.

0:06.7

How to talk to people.

0:07.8

By Remete's ATV I'll teach you to be rich.com and I'm Justin Mollick,

0:11.3

the guy that reads blog posts to you every day including weekends,

0:14.8

with permission from the authors.

0:17.0

Now today's episode is actually a struggle I've heard from listeners,

0:20.6

how to talk to people, like have small talk that sort of thing.

0:24.0

So with that, let's hear the post as we optimize your life.

0:31.0

Help! My mind goes blank when I talk to people.

0:34.1

How to talk to people.

0:35.6

By Remete's ATV I'll teach you to be rich.com.

0:38.4

Readers will be surprised a year that I wasn't always the charming, hilarious,

0:43.5

and stylish personal finance experts they know now.

0:46.8

In fact, I was so awkward I made Erkle look like Robert Downey Jr.

0:51.6

I had no idea how to talk to people.

0:53.8

I remember I once talked to someone on the phone and spent a solid two minutes talking

0:59.1

after I finished the other person just paused for what seemed like forever before saying,

1:03.2

so what exactly do you want?

1:05.6

And I had nothing to say.

1:08.3

You've probably been there before.

1:09.8

You walk up to a group of friends talking,

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