Episode-by-episode discussion of The Next Conversation by Jefferson Fisher — how to argue less, say what you mean, and keep your footing in hard conversations. Each episode takes one chapter and turns it into something you can use today. Part of Social Skills Podcast.
3 episodes listed below. All 13 are on Apple Podcasts, free, no signup.
Rule three is say it to connect, and it starts with frames — the unspoken version of events a conversation runs on. We look at how a frame gets set in the first few seconds, how to notice you have quietly accepted someone else's, and how to put your own in place without starting a fight.
Defensiveness happens before you decide anything. We go through what Fisher says is really being protected when you snap back, the tell that it has already started, and the way out — both for your own defensiveness and for the wall that goes up in the person you are talking to.
The book closes on the conversation you have been avoiding for weeks. We walk through how Fisher opens one of those, what to do when it goes sideways inside the first minute, and the afterword's last word on why your next conversation matters more than every one you have already had.
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13 episodes in this show, 1,100+ across the whole network, and a new one every day.
More chapter-by-chapter shows: How to Talk to Anyone · How to Win Friends and Influence People · Surrounded by Idiots · How to Know a Person
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