certain core competencies like being able to make a great point, like being persuasive,

like understanding how to listen well, like understanding the right time to speak,

like understanding what it means to bring great energy to a conversation or to a speech.

These things are core skill sets and they shouldn't, they should not. People who are,

who see themselves as reserved or introverted should not abdicate responsibility for them and

see round in life to people who are simply louder by saying, well, it's their skill set,

not mine, that's a cop-out.

Hello there, everyone and welcome back. Guess who is in the room with me? At least the virtual room

is Matthew Hasse, once again, hello Matthew.

It's good to be here with you, Steven. Good to be with you, brother. So I want to roll off of the

excellent video, you released this week, seven powerful people skills to make your voice heard.

And kind of to set this up for people, this wasn't love life related, this was about

all aspects of interpersonal communication, dealing with people in your life. This is a topic

you're very passionate about. Am I right?

Yeah, because it's been, it has been the set of skills that I would say has been responsible for

so many of the things that have happened in my life. I'm passionate about it because it has worked

for me and I never stop using them. The skills of making an impact, making an impression,

communicating well, have not just served me in my love life, they have brought me opportunities.

And in many cases, opportunities at an age and a level of experience that were even beyond

where I was at the time. But I got those opportunities because I was able to make an impression

in the room, so to speak.

And one thing I noticed in the video is how much, I know we've spoken about, you know, we've done

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