A Superhero’s Guide to Talking About Money
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The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Our culture, gender or even where we were raised can have a huge impact on how we talk about money (or anything, for that matter). In this week’s episode, Dr. Deborah Tannen, a superhero in the world of linguistics, joins us to explain the various styles in communication and how we can better understand each other. Thanks to Harry’s for supporting Motley Fool. Get your Free Trial Set – go to Harrys.com/fool And thanks to Slack for supporting Motley Fool. Learn more at slack.com
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| 0:31.6 | How we talk about anything, let alone money, can sometimes be very different, depending on our culture, |
| 0:36.6 | gender, or where |
| 0:37.5 | we were raised, leading to misunderstandings about intentions. |
| 0:40.6 | So today we're joined by Dr. Deborah Tannen, a superhero in the world of linguistics |
| 0:45.5 | who literally wrote the book on how we communicate. |
| 0:48.2 | She's here to help us talk betterer about our money or anything else for that matter. |
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