How to Win People Over in 30 Seconds

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Networking doesn’t have to feel awkward, transactional, or pushy. Chris and I are talking about one of the most intimidating (but powerful) parts of growing your business. Whether you’re sitting down at a dinner party or chatting with someone in an elevator, you need to know how to start the right relationships without coming off as pushy. In this episode, we share the exact questions we use to start meaningful conversations, how to keep the connection alive after the event, and the one rule we always follow to play the long game. Plus, we dive into why short and confident answers about what you do matter more than long bios, and how to position yourself as the connector everyone remembers. Get ready to make networking feel natural and change the way you show up in every room. Check out our Sponsors: Airbnb - Start making money by listing your home on Airbnb with an experienced Co-host, find a co-host at airbnb.com/host Quince - Shop everyday luxury goods without the designer price tag. Go to quince.com/happy for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Open Phone - Stop running your business from your personal phone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at openphone.com/earn Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci, Sign up for your $1/month trial period at Shopify.com/happy Constant Contact - Get all the automation, integration, and reporting tools that get your marketing running seamlessly. Try Constant Contact free for thirty days at constantcontact.com. HIGHLIGHTS Chris’s #1 networking rule. The four conversation starters I use that always work. How to craft a 30 second answer to “What do you do?”. Why being the connector makes you unforgettable. How to spot high quality contacts (and politely redirect others). One thing that can save you years of trial and error in business. RESOURCES Join our next VIP Weekend Mastermind HERE! Join the most supportive mastermind on the internet HERE! Check out our FREE 90-Day Business Blueprint HERE! Listen to my free SECRET PODCASTS SERIES - Operation: Rekindle This B*tch Get glōci HERE Use code: HAPPY at checkout for 25% off! FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow Chris: @chriswharder Follow glōci: @getgloci

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0:32.8	What is it that I would actually like to get out of this event?
0:36.2	Am I going this year just because I really,
0:38.5	really want friends that I'm going to stay connected to outside of that? Okay, if that's the case,
0:43.2	and I write that down, how am I going to go into this with the intention of continuing these
0:48.7	friendships after and go in armed with a couple ideas like that.
0:54.1	And that's gonna feel pretty bold.
0:55.5	That's gonna feel pretty audacious.
0:57.4	But you're never gonna leave with something
0:59.1	that you want if you don't do that.
1:02.6	And we're back.
1:07.6	With another episode of He Said She Said.
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