Minisode Monday #69 | Why You Should Record Your Conversations with Strangers

The Art of Charm

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Education, Health & Fitness, Business

4.7 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Rob Reid (@Rob_Reid), author of After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, will be joining us for a full episode tomorrow. But on this Minisode Monday, we share one of his exercises designed to help us cut back on some of the bad habits we have when conversing and relating with others. The Cheat Sheet: Over the next few weeks or months, record ten hours of conversations with people -- acquaintances, strangers, Lyft drivers, whoever -- using something like a voice memos app or Ecamm Call Recorder on Skype. Listen to yourself with a critical ear. It will impart priceless knowledge about how you come across to other people. We all have annoying habits we're wholly unaware of. But we also have budding conversational superpowers that we could nurture if we only knew they were lurking at the surface. Ten hours is a lot. It will make you cringe. It will also help you get rid of filler words, tics, and other unintentional habits for leaner, more powerful conversations. Get out of your comfort zone and get recording! To learn more about social dynamics and productivity hacks, take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text AOC to 38470. Also be sure to check out our Social Capital Intensive here! Let us know about how you put today's Minisode Monday into practice! Tweet with @TheArtofCharm in your response or write to Jordan directly: jordan@theartofcharm.com (he actually reads everything)! Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/minisode-monday-69-why-you-should-record-your-conversations-with-strangers/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Take the Art of Charm Challenge by clicking here, or text AOC to 38470. We'll take you step by step to becoming better at making personal and professional connections, becoming a better networker, increasing your personal social capital and charisma. This is for both men and women! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Listen to The Art of Charm, Forbes Network, and hundreds of your favorite podcasts with the free PodcastOne app (on iOS and Android) here! Want to help PodcastOne better serve your needs? Take the survey here. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Jordan Harbinger here from the Art of Charm. Welcome to Mini-Sod in Monday.
0:04.1	You're a weekly shot of personal development espresso.
0:06.8	Happy to be here with you kicking off the week with something quick and actionable
0:10.5	that you can implement right away that'll make you more magnetic.
0:14.4	And effective. This one comes from Rob Reed, but he's not here to deliver it himself.
0:17.6	So I'm just going to butcher it and deliver it to you.
0:20.0	Rob's an interesting cat because he has spent a lot of time interviewing people,
0:24.5	talking with people, of course, going over the content for his book after on.
0:28.8	And this exercise is designed to show you how you come across other people.
0:34.3	So here we go. Record 10 hours of conversations with people.
0:38.4	We're talking about friends, strangers, Uber drivers, whatever.
0:42.0	Then listen to yourself with a critical ear.
0:45.0	So you can't do this secretly.
0:46.4	It would be a moral and in many states illegal.
0:49.1	And asking permission to record an everyday conversation,
0:52.0	it can lead to a momentary awkwardness.
0:53.8	But most people will agree and listening to your recordings will impart
0:59.2	priceless self-knowledge about how you come across to other people.
1:02.6	Most people will agree because they don't really care, especially if you tell them why
1:05.7	you're going to do this. They're like, oh, yeah, sure. Why not?
1:08.0	I mean, the occasional Uber driver will be like, that's weird.
1:10.8	Most of your friends won't care. People you know won't care.
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