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Charles Duhigg: How to Have Smarter Conversations [GREATEST HITS WEEK]

Afford Anything

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Great communication will get you a raise. It’ll get you promoted. You’ll land the corner office. You’ll make friends and be the life of the party. You’ll land business deals and form lucrative partnerships. Supercommunication is a superpower. But how do we build it? Sometimes, you might walk away from a conversation with the joy of having made a cool new friend. Or you snagged a critical piece of information that you realllllly needed. Or you successfully negotiated an extra $5,000 off your car. On the flip side, sometimes you’ll walk away from a conversation, scratching your head and wondering … “What just happened?” If either of these situations have happened to you, Charles Duhigg will help you understand WHY. Duhigg is a Pultizer Prize winning reporter. He holds an undergrad degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. He wrote for the LA Times and New York Times, before landing at The New Yorker. His first two books, The Power of Habit and Smarter, Faster, Better, have sold more than 5 million copies. Recently, he came out with a new book called Supercommunicators. He chats with us today to discuss the power of communication. Duhigg shares why communication is a critical component to happiness and success in every part of life. He discusses the different styles of conversations that people can have, which lead to either connection or disconnection. He also shares critical tips to help us all become supercommunicators and live richer lives. Enjoy! Resources Mentioned: Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, by Charles Duhigg | Book The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg | Book Smarter Faster Better, by Charles Duhigg | Book We're sharing this as part of GREATEST HITS WEEK, a 5-day series in which we're sharing 5 episodes, across 5 days, that originally aired at the start of 2024 (January through March). You may have missed it then; enjoy it now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Merry Christmas Eve.

0:02.0

It's December 24.

0:03.5

We are watching the skies for Santa.

0:05.6

We're setting out some milk and cookies, and we are sharing the second of five episodes

0:11.9

in Greatest Hits Week.

0:14.3

We are highlighting some of the best wisdom that came from the beginning of this year,

0:20.5

and today we hear from Charles Duhigg, the Pulitzer Prize-winning mega bestselling author of a bunch of books.

0:30.8

He joined our show to talk to us about how to have smarter, deeper, better conversations,

0:38.2

how to climb inside the mind of a super communicator.

0:42.2

This episode originally aired on February 28th, the day before Leap Day.

0:48.0

And if you missed it then, well, you do not want to miss it again.

0:51.3

So, from Leap Day Eve to Christmas Eve, here's Charles Duhigg.

0:59.3

We know that the most important thing that you can do for your life is to build great relationships.

1:05.3

Relationships with your family, with your friends, with colleagues, with business partners, the thing that is going to

1:12.6

determine your wealth, your health, your longevity, your net worth, and also your sense of

1:18.6

self-worth, that all comes from relationships. And communication is the backbone of good

1:25.5

relationships. So how do you become a super communicator? Welcome to the

1:30.3

Afford Anything podcast, the show that understands you can afford anything, but not everything.

1:35.1

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else, and that doesn't just apply

1:39.1

to your money. It applies to any limited resource that you need to manage, your time, your energy,

1:44.0

your attention,

1:45.4

what matters most, and how do you make decisions accordingly?

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