Alison Wood Brooks

That's almost a gotcha question unto itself. It's not. It's not. It's not. A gotcha question is really in the eye of the receiver. If the person feels like you're testing them.

Leading them, making them feel like you want to prove how incompetent they are, that they're a liar, expose them as a fraud. So if I were to say, Dax, you said that you were an actor. Are you acting in anything right now? Oh, yeah. Like, what the hell? You could do it for fun. If we're best friends and I want to tease you, that's a really funny way to do it.

Leading them, making them feel like you want to prove how incompetent they are, that they're a liar, expose them as a fraud. So if I were to say, Dax, you said that you were an actor. Are you acting in anything right now? Oh, yeah. Like, what the hell? You could do it for fun. If we're best friends and I want to tease you, that's a really funny way to do it.

Leading them, making them feel like you want to prove how incompetent they are, that they're a liar, expose them as a fraud. So if I were to say, Dax, you said that you were an actor. Are you acting in anything right now? Oh, yeah. Like, what the hell? You could do it for fun. If we're best friends and I want to tease you, that's a really funny way to do it.

If we're not, and that's a legitimate question, what an asshole. That's a really quick way to make someone feel really bad.

If we're not, and that's a legitimate question, what an asshole. That's a really quick way to make someone feel really bad.

If we're not, and that's a legitimate question, what an asshole. That's a really quick way to make someone feel really bad.

No, I'm reading you as you're asking me this to embarrass me, to exploit me, to make me look bad. But it's a gotcha question. The same question lobbed from someone who doesn't actually know the answer and really cares about you. Yeah, just wants to know. It's great. The importance is like sort of caring intention.

No, I'm reading you as you're asking me this to embarrass me, to exploit me, to make me look bad. But it's a gotcha question. The same question lobbed from someone who doesn't actually know the answer and really cares about you. Yeah, just wants to know. It's great. The importance is like sort of caring intention.

No, I'm reading you as you're asking me this to embarrass me, to exploit me, to make me look bad. But it's a gotcha question. The same question lobbed from someone who doesn't actually know the answer and really cares about you. Yeah, just wants to know. It's great. The importance is like sort of caring intention.

Can I give you guys a compliment?

Can I give you guys a compliment?

Can I give you guys a compliment?

Which is a levity move. Oh, she's doing it. Really, I think the reason that this podcast and you guys are so great is because you're so good at balancing gravity and levity. It's almost the whole mission of the conversations you have is you want to have stuff you take seriously and you take learning seriously. You take issues and topics seriously. And all the way along, you want it to be fun.

Which is a levity move. Oh, she's doing it. Really, I think the reason that this podcast and you guys are so great is because you're so good at balancing gravity and levity. It's almost the whole mission of the conversations you have is you want to have stuff you take seriously and you take learning seriously. You take issues and topics seriously. And all the way along, you want it to be fun.

Which is a levity move. Oh, she's doing it. Really, I think the reason that this podcast and you guys are so great is because you're so good at balancing gravity and levity. It's almost the whole mission of the conversations you have is you want to have stuff you take seriously and you take learning seriously. You take issues and topics seriously. And all the way along, you want it to be fun.

You accomplished the mission. I agree that that's the mission. Do you disagree that that's the mission?

You accomplished the mission. I agree that that's the mission. Do you disagree that that's the mission?

You accomplished the mission. I agree that that's the mission. Do you disagree that that's the mission?

My motive?