Don't Say Um: How to Communicate Effectively to Live a Better Life
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Discover how mastering everyday communication can transform your personal and professional life in with communication guru Michael Chad Hoeppner. Whether you're navigating nerves, improving posture, or perfecting vocal variety, this conversation offers actionable insights for anyone looking to communicate with impact.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Yes, you do need communication coaching. |
| 0:05.0 | Not you, but everybody. |
| 0:08.0 | Because it's it is the fabric of our lives that we walk through every single day. |
| 0:13.0 | And can you get better? |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.0 | Growth mindset, people. |
| 0:17.0 | You can get better at practically anything, of course, if you treat it as a skill, |
| 0:22.6 | and if you put some dedication into it. |
| 0:35.9 | It is a pleasure to welcome back to the podcast. He may be familiar to some of you. |
| 0:37.9 | Communication guru and author of the brand new book, |
| 0:41.4 | Don't Say Um, How to Communicate More Effectively to Live a Better Life. |
| 0:45.5 | Drumroll, please. |
| 0:46.5 | Michael Chad Hepner. |
| 0:47.6 | Welcome, Michael. |
| 0:48.5 | Thank you. |
| 0:49.1 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:50.1 | It's great to have you back. |
| 0:51.5 | So people who don't know who you are, Michael was my communications coach on the presidential. |
| 0:59.1 | And this story does make him the book, from which I'm very proud. |
| 1:02.0 | But after debate number one, which if you remember, was not great, though. |
| 1:08.2 | Now I frankly blame MSNBC. |
| 1:14.4 | My team was like, who's the best communication coach in all the land and they found Michael and he is indeed the best and while we were roaming around |
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