Matt Abrahams: Think Faster, Talk Smarter

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Become a more effective communicator by absorbing several practical tips from Matt Abrahams, author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot. Matt is a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he researches and shares practical ways to improve how you communicate with others. He explains that talking faster is about recognizing patterns and being able to respond appropriately in the moment by being more deliberate and intentional. He also shares tips for connecting with an audience, including making the content relevant, using engaging tools like stories and questions, and using language that creates a mental image for the audience. Listen Like a Leader: Read our guide to learn how to listen and then pick one or two skills you can start building this week.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's twice weekly podcast on leadership
0:15.2	with Scott Miller. That's me. I'm your host and interviewer each week, six years
0:19.2	and hundreds of episodes, both in audio and video all designed, produced and released with the
0:26.4	intention of making you a better leader. Franklin Covey's mission is to
0:31.1	inspire people to achieve their own great purposes.
0:34.1	We have a four decade history of working with leaders at all levels and organizations around
0:40.0	the world as the world's most trusted leadership company.
0:43.1	I have been privileged to have been associated with this firm for nearly 30 years and in my
0:48.3	six year in the seat of this podcast it's an enormous honor that all of you are
0:51.9	continuing to listen and watch and refer and promote the podcast.
0:56.0	Thank you for your loyalty. We hope every week to shine Franklin Covey's megawatt spotlight on not just our own internal thought leaders, but in the spirit of our co-founder
1:06.0	Dr Stephen Arcovey, who had a great model and passion in life for having an abundance mentality, we love to interview and spotlight leaders that have similar
1:16.3	principles, similar objectives of making you a better leader.
1:20.3	Today's guest is Matt Abraham's. His current book is titled Think Faster Talk Smarter.
1:29.3	It is a compliment to his wildly successful podcast titled Think Fast Talk Smart.
1:35.0	The premise of this book is helping you to be more successful when you're put on the spot.
1:42.0	To talk better extemporaneously,
1:44.4	you may know Matt as a lecture at the graduate school of business
1:48.8	at Stanford, he has a very popular podcast,
1:51.2	and Ted Talk has written other books. He is one of the world's
1:54.4	most iconic experts when it comes to being a better communicator and today we're
1:59.2	going to roll up our sleeves and get very tactical on all things communication.
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