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Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Becoming a Super Communicator | Charles Duhigg (EP12)

Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

What makes someone a great communicator—and can anyone learn this skill? In this insightful episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg joins the conversation to discuss his latest book, *Supercommunicators*, where he breaks down the science of effective communication. Charles challenges the idea that great communicators are simply born that way, revealing instead that communication is a learnable skill rooted in understanding human connection. Drawing from his research and experiences writing for The New Yorker, The New York Times, the discussion explores the power of storytelling, the psychology behind meaningful conversations, and the habits that set exceptional communicators apart. Whether you’re looking to improve personal relationships or become a stronger leader, this episode offers valuable takeaways from one of the world’s leading experts on communication.

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Charles Duhigg is a reporter for The New Yorker and the author of The Power of Habit, Smarter Faster Better, and Supercommunicators (released in 2024). He previously worked at The New York Times, where he won a Pulitzer Prize for his series on Apple, The iEconomy. His reporting has covered the 2008 financial crisis, corporate exploitation of the elderly, and the Iraq War, earning him multiple journalism awards. Originally from New Mexico, he studied history at Yale and earned an MBA from Harvard. He now lives in Santa Cruz, CA, with his wife and two children and once had a brief, harrowing stint as a bike messenger.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

But if you're not having the same kind of conversation at the same moment, you can't really hear each other and you definitely can't connect.

0:04.9

The difference between them and everyone else is not that they're like born with some special skill or that they have the gift of gab or they're extrovert.

0:11.2

The difference is that what your sister is doing with you and what you're doing with your sister is a set of skills.

0:17.5

Not only is anyone capable of it, we all are super communicators at certain times of our life, right?

0:23.6

Do you want to be helped, hugged, or heard?

0:26.6

Which is, of course, the practical, the emotional, and the social.

0:29.6

And it helps.

0:31.6

Kids know what they want.

0:33.6

I might disagree with you, but I actually want to understand how you see the world.

0:39.1

I think what surprised me the most is just how powerful these tools can be if you practice

0:44.8

them a little bit. How powerfully these small little behaviors, these small little skills,

0:51.7

and just practicing them, how powerfully they can transform how you can connect with other people.

0:57.0

The thing that makes life worth living is connecting with other people.

1:02.0

And so it's well worth learning these skills and practicing them because it's going to make you happy and healthy and successful.

1:09.0

What makes someone a great communicator, and can anyone learn this skill?

1:15.3

In this insightful episode, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duig joins the conversation

1:20.2

to discuss his latest book, Super Communicators, where he breaks down the science of effective

1:25.4

communication. Charles challenges the idea that great

1:28.6

communicators are simply born that way, revealing instead that communication is a learnable skill

1:33.9

rooted in understanding human connection. Drawing from his research and experiences, writing for

1:38.4

The New Yorker, the New York Times, and beyond, the discussion explores the power of storytelling,

1:42.6

the psychology behind meaningful

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