Alison Wood Brooks

I love taking that on as a personal challenge of like, how can I make this interesting? How can I make this productive? How can I make it fun? It's a sort of treasure hunt for me. And the ways that I most commonly do that and try and pursue the adventure of making it good is through question asking, trying to ask questions that help us together search for better treasure?

I love taking that on as a personal challenge of like, how can I make this interesting? How can I make this productive? How can I make it fun? It's a sort of treasure hunt for me. And the ways that I most commonly do that and try and pursue the adventure of making it good is through question asking, trying to ask questions that help us together search for better treasure?

I love taking that on as a personal challenge of like, how can I make this interesting? How can I make this productive? How can I make it fun? It's a sort of treasure hunt for me. And the ways that I most commonly do that and try and pursue the adventure of making it good is through question asking, trying to ask questions that help us together search for better treasure?

I know that every person out there, even those who seem boring or blustery or not that nice, I know they have something in their mind that I will be so interested to learn about. and uncover. And so I like trying to figure that out. I also, I find many people to be sort of too serious and a little boring.

I know that every person out there, even those who seem boring or blustery or not that nice, I know they have something in their mind that I will be so interested to learn about. and uncover. And so I like trying to figure that out. I also, I find many people to be sort of too serious and a little boring.

I know that every person out there, even those who seem boring or blustery or not that nice, I know they have something in their mind that I will be so interested to learn about. and uncover. And so I like trying to figure that out. I also, I find many people to be sort of too serious and a little boring.

And so I have a sort of personal mission of injecting levity through humor, but also through warmth moves like flattery and just changing the topic to unexpected things. My friend calls it breaking the pace. I like to break the pace sometimes.

And so I have a sort of personal mission of injecting levity through humor, but also through warmth moves like flattery and just changing the topic to unexpected things. My friend calls it breaking the pace. I like to break the pace sometimes.

And so I have a sort of personal mission of injecting levity through humor, but also through warmth moves like flattery and just changing the topic to unexpected things. My friend calls it breaking the pace. I like to break the pace sometimes.

Thank you so much for having me, Mike. I've had such a great time.

Thank you so much for having me, Mike. I've had such a great time.

Thank you so much for having me, Mike. I've had such a great time.

So your question is, how can we think about the way that we communicate? How does that relate to us mattering? It's such a profound question.

So your question is, how can we think about the way that we communicate? How does that relate to us mattering? It's such a profound question.

So your question is, how can we think about the way that we communicate? How does that relate to us mattering? It's such a profound question.

I think one thing that I've learned by doing this research and teaching this course about conversation is that our evidence to ourselves and to other people that we matter and that they matter, the place where that happens is so often during our conversations. And in these little tiny moments where we make small choices that show, oh, I believe in myself or I believe in you.

I think one thing that I've learned by doing this research and teaching this course about conversation is that our evidence to ourselves and to other people that we matter and that they matter, the place where that happens is so often during our conversations. And in these little tiny moments where we make small choices that show, oh, I believe in myself or I believe in you.

I think one thing that I've learned by doing this research and teaching this course about conversation is that our evidence to ourselves and to other people that we matter and that they matter, the place where that happens is so often during our conversations. And in these little tiny moments where we make small choices that show, oh, I believe in myself or I believe in you.

And the difference between micro kindnesses and micro harms, sometimes when you're looking at a transcript, they look very subtle. But I think in the emotional experience of those interactions, the difference can be massive in terms of how much you are conveying that you believe that you matter and how much you care about the other person and convey that they matter.

And the difference between micro kindnesses and micro harms, sometimes when you're looking at a transcript, they look very subtle. But I think in the emotional experience of those interactions, the difference can be massive in terms of how much you are conveying that you believe that you matter and how much you care about the other person and convey that they matter.