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The Jefferson Fisher Podcast

Be More Direct in 3 Sentences

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast

Civility Media

Self-improvement, Relationships, Society & Culture, Education

4.9 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Most people say they want to be more direct, but when the moment comes, they start telling stories, overexplaining, or hoping the other person reads their mind. In this episode, I break down what being direct actually sounds like and why customer service conversations are one of the best places to practice it. I share a simple three-step method you can use anywhere—at work, at home, or in relationships—to say exactly what you mean without sounding harsh. When you learn to stick the landing with your words, people understand you faster, respect you more, and conversations get a whole lot easier. Order The Next Conversation Workbook: https://www.jeffersonfisher.com/workbook Thank you to our sponsors: Cozy Earth. Upgrade Your Every Day. Get 20% off at cozyearth.com/jefferson or use code JEFFERSON at check out. Butcher Box: $20 off your first box and free shipping at https://butcherbox.com/jefferson  Momentous. Visit https://www.livemomentous.com/ and use code JEFFERSON for 35% off your first order. BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/jeffersonfisher for a discount on your first month of therapy. Order my book, The Next Conversation, or listen to the full audiobook today. Like what you hear? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Suggest a topic or ask a question for me to answer on the show!  Want a FREE communication tip each week? Click here to join my newsletter.  Join My School of Communication Watch my podcast on YouTube  Follow me on Instagram  Follow me on TikTok Follow me on LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

for you. We're going to get right to the point, short, concise, direct, all that more. Let's

0:04.2

go.

0:05.2

Welcome to the Jefferson Fisher podcast where I'm on a mission to make your next conversation,

0:09.1

the one that changes everything. If you are listening on any platform, I'm going to ask that

0:13.5

you find the button that says subscribe or like or comment because it helps this podcast

0:20.4

and it tells wherever you're listening that this is good

0:22.5

quality content. And that's my promise that if you listen to these episodes and subscribe to them,

0:27.6

I'm going to make you a better communicator. Thank you. This podcast is sponsored by, you know,

0:32.8

at Cozy Earth. I love Cozy Earth because all of their products are extremely premium, comfortable, and

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cozy. From bed sheets to bath towels to house shoes, to be honest, they're house shoes. For those

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who've been listening to these episodes, they're still killing it. I have been wearing these

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things around the house, and they're fantastic killing it. I have been wearing these things around the house and they're

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fantastic. So I can't recommend cozy Earth enough. We have their bed sheets. We have their bath,

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they have these bath sheets. These like bath towels that are as tall as me. I'm over six foot.

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And they're huge and they're awesome. So if you like quality products, you like things that are

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use the coach Jefferson and get up to 20% off. That's cozy earth.com slash Jefferson. Use to

1:21.9

go Jefferson. Get up to 20% off. Let's keep going. I speak to a lot of people, not just, I don't mean that in people in the

1:30.8

world. I mean specifically in my job as an attorney. I speak to a lot of people and I train a lot

1:36.9

of people in how to communicate. And one of the number one things that I hear time, time again is

1:41.7

Jefferson, I wish I could just, I'm not very direct when it

1:45.7

comes to depositions, cross-examination, direct examination. When I answer questions from people,

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