S2E298 We Need to Talk - How to Have Better Conversations with Celeste Headlee
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In today’s technological world, people feel less connected and more divided than ever before. In this episode, Celeste Headlee shares why real conversations matter so much and why we need to start talking to one another if we want to survive as a species.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· The difference between communicating and conversing.
· The importance of listening.
· Actionable steps to improve conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
“We Need to Talk,” by Celeste Headlee
“The Pickwick Papers,” by Charles Dickens
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“The more you do it, the more you realize how pleasurable it is to listen.” – Celeste Headlee
“Our species has only survived because of our conversational skills.” – Celeste Headlee
“We have to stop working against our own biology and neurology, understand how we work best and give ourselves the environment that's best suited to make us successful.” – Celeste Headlee
“There's a real connection to be made when someone feels heard.” – Celeste Headlee
“Learn how to say, ‘I don't know.’” – Celeste Headlee
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, the podcast for entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.6 | Here's your host, founder of America's largest business coaching company, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:17.2 | Well, top of the morning to you and welcome to It's a Good Life. I'm your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:22.5 | And today we have somebody very special for you with the message, I think, that's going to be just right up your alley, something you really need and want to hear. |
| 0:30.8 | Her name is Celeste Headley, and she's a best selling author and speaker, opera singer, which was the news to me. |
| 0:37.5 | I didn't know about that. |
| 0:39.0 | And she has her own podcast host. |
| 0:40.8 | She's coming to her for her own studio today in D.C. |
| 0:43.8 | And she's also given one of the 10 most watched TED Talks ever. |
| 0:48.0 | Ten ways to have better conversations. |
| 0:50.7 | Therein, why we need Celeste info. |
| 0:54.1 | I believe for 99% of you listening out today or today, better conversations at home, |
| 0:59.2 | better conversations with every one of your clients, maybe even better conversations with |
| 1:03.2 | yourself. |
| 1:04.3 | And today we're going to cover her book, which is absolutely terrific. |
| 1:07.8 | We need to talk. |
| 1:09.0 | Or as my aunt in New York says, we need to talk. And we're going to |
| 1:12.9 | dive into this powerful guide for better conversation. Celeste, top of the morning, and welcome to the show. |
| 1:18.5 | Thanks for having me. Well, we're really looking forward to this. I mean, wow, it's universal content. |
| 1:24.8 | I haven't really had anybody come up with that new and a long time. You know, I'm 40 years |
| 1:28.8 | around the personal growth and development business, probably hired 500 speakers during that time. |
| 1:34.9 | We've interviewed on this show, you know, billionaires and this and any other. But it's been a long |
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