The Next Big Idea Daily: The Secret to Lasting Change

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Caroline Fleck shares five big ideas from her new book, "Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life." 📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, bite‑sized insights from the best new nonfiction books — in audio or text — straight from the authors. Sign up today!

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0:00.0	Happy Monday. I'm Michael Kovnet, host of the Next Big Idea Spinoff, The Next Big Idea Daily.
0:06.2	Every weekday, I invite leading nonfiction authors to share the big ideas from their books
0:10.9	about psychology, business, relationships, and just about everything else. It's a mini masterclass
0:17.5	you can listen to in the time it takes to walk your dog. You're about to hear
0:21.5	the episode we published this morning. To get the rest of this week's episodes, follow the next
0:26.3	big idea daily wherever you get your podcasts. LinkedIn Presents. Good morning. I'm your host, Michael Kovnett, and this is the next Big Idea Daily.
0:45.9	Quick masterclasses from the best new nonfiction in under 15 minutes. Make sure you're following the show to get new episodes and sign up for a free
0:54.6	companion newsletter using the link in the episode notes. So how good are you at connecting
1:00.1	with people? Making friends, having deep conversations, influencing those around you. Well,
1:06.6	unless you're naturally charismatic, it can be pretty tricky. But there is a secret that practicing therapists have used with their patients for quite a while
1:15.1	and which you can use in your own life.
1:17.7	That secret is called validation.
1:20.3	It's the practice of acknowledging and accepting someone's experience
1:24.0	before you hit them over the head with your needs, your questions, your judgments.
1:29.2	And it's a method that clinical psychologist Caroline Fleck teaches in her new book,
1:34.0	Validation, have a skill set that revolutionized psychology will transform your relationships,
1:39.8	increase your influence, and change your life.
1:42.8	Our curator, Adam Grant, says the book will make you a better
1:45.8	parent, partner, colleague, and friend. And Caroline joins us to share some of her key insights
1:52.0	right after this short break. From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.
2:06.4	Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.
2:12.1	Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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