How to see things as they really are. A better way to pay attention in a distracted world with Christian Madsbjerg.

Smart People Podcast

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Business, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Paying attention is a crucial human skill, yet many of us have forgotten how to listen carefully and observe intentionally. In this episode, we talk about how we can recapture our ability to pay attention that helps all of us to see with more empathy, accuracy, and connection to others. Christian Madsbjerg founded (and sold) ReD Associates - a strategic innovation consultancy - with a group of likeminded people in 2007. He is the author of books on social theory and discourse analysis. Christian's book, Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World is available now. Find out more about Christian at madsbjerg.com. Support the Show - Become a Patron! Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast Sponsors: Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/spp. LinkedIn - Go to LinkedIn.com/SMARTPEOPLE for a 60-day free trial of LinkedIn Sales Navigator! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.4	I like to eat food. This is the coolest thing ever. We're going to do this forever. I wish I paid
0:46.1	more attention in that class. You know, I'm going to be honest. I don't understand that. As a man,
0:51.1	I don't get it. Welcome to smart podcast.com hello and welcome to smart people
0:58.9	podcast conversations that satisfy your curious mind chris temp here thank you for tuning in hope your
1:05.3	your day's going well hope you're having a good week enjoying the summer i'm bubbly. And the reason is I just finished this
1:13.9	interview. I don't always record the intro right after the interview, but in this case I did.
1:20.8	And just not only such a good vibe, but I feel like this information can make the world a better
1:27.1	place. I can't always say that about
1:29.6	information. It might be interesting, but is it transformative? And so I hope you enjoy it. And if you do,
1:35.3	I hope you tell others, that's what I want to do with this show. I also want to get to know you better.
1:41.4	You said this a few times, but email me. Chris at smart people podcast.com.
1:46.0	If you only want to dedicate five minutes, I'd love to send you a few questions slash survey
1:52.0	to see how you engage with the show.
1:54.0	But I'd love to hop on a Zoom call for 15, 20, 30 minutes with you if you're down.
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