Jefferson Fisher
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm slowing my words down.
And I am beginning with something that is framing it exactly where I want it to go.
Compare these two.
Me saying, hey, so I was thinking of maybe like I could tell you some stuff that's on my mind.
But I mean, it's essentially not that big of a deal.
But really, if you don't want to, you hear how it's just scattered.
It's everywhere.
I'm not really having any direction with it.
But if I use something as simple as, I need to tell you something.
I need to tell you this.
I need to have a hard conversation with you.
You're not going to like what I'm about to say.
This is going to be hard for both of us.
I'm being very direct with you.
If you want to sound more assertive, you need to also sound more direct.
So what do we talk about?
It's your tone.
Two, it's how you phrase sentences.
If you have a question in your mind, maybe you're thinking of a conversation that you need to have right now.
I want you to consider beginning with I need.