20 Simple Techniques for Better Conversations

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In this first part, I’ll fire you up with quick wins. These are conversation superpowers that you can master quickly. They’ll get you past the toughest parts of your interviews, but they’ll also work in non-interview conversations like dinners, parties, and meetings.

They’re so fun and effective that they feel like party tricks. Using them is an easily mastered way of leveling up your interviews in the short term. In the next part, I’ll cover how to make interviews meaningful and interesting.

A roadmap of the techniques covered. Graphic is available for download and may be shared freely, with attribution to Andrew Warner and Holloway.