Matt Abrahams

Older generations, my generation and even older, tend to struggle with the speed of communication because a lot of spontaneous speaking happens immediately and it happens quickly. So I think everybody struggles a little bit, but the reasons they struggle differ based on just their experience and how they grew up communicating. That all said, we can learn to do this better.

Absolutely. So first, thank you for the compliment. The book was written to really be applicable. There are try this parts of the book. I think the only way to learn any communication, but especially spontaneous communication, is by doing it. And so I've tried to make the book accessible in that way. And thank you for saying that it was successful, at least for you.

Absolutely. So first, thank you for the compliment. The book was written to really be applicable. There are try this parts of the book. I think the only way to learn any communication, but especially spontaneous communication, is by doing it. And so I've tried to make the book accessible in that way. And thank you for saying that it was successful, at least for you.

Absolutely. So first, thank you for the compliment. The book was written to really be applicable. There are try this parts of the book. I think the only way to learn any communication, but especially spontaneous communication, is by doing it. And so I've tried to make the book accessible in that way. And thank you for saying that it was successful, at least for you.

Absolutely. So first, thank you for the compliment. The book was written to really be applicable. There are try this parts of the book. I think the only way to learn any communication, but especially spontaneous communication, is by doing it. And so I've tried to make the book accessible in that way. And thank you for saying that it was successful, at least for you.

Absolutely. So first, thank you for the compliment. The book was written to really be applicable. There are try this parts of the book. I think the only way to learn any communication, but especially spontaneous communication, is by doing it. And so I've tried to make the book accessible in that way. And thank you for saying that it was successful, at least for you.

It's a confluence of several things, but it turns out with my last name, Abrahams, A-B, I always went first through school, literally from kindergarten through university. I always knew where I sat. I always sat front row, closest to the door. So whenever the teachers, and I am a teacher and I know it's just easier to do things alphabetically, I would always be called on first.

It's a confluence of several things, but it turns out with my last name, Abrahams, A-B, I always went first through school, literally from kindergarten through university. I always knew where I sat. I always sat front row, closest to the door. So whenever the teachers, and I am a teacher and I know it's just easier to do things alphabetically, I would always be called on first.

It's a confluence of several things, but it turns out with my last name, Abrahams, A-B, I always went first through school, literally from kindergarten through university. I always knew where I sat. I always sat front row, closest to the door. So whenever the teachers, and I am a teacher and I know it's just easier to do things alphabetically, I would always be called on first.

It's a confluence of several things, but it turns out with my last name, Abrahams, A-B, I always went first through school, literally from kindergarten through university. I always knew where I sat. I always sat front row, closest to the door. So whenever the teachers, and I am a teacher and I know it's just easier to do things alphabetically, I would always be called on first.

It's a confluence of several things, but it turns out with my last name, Abrahams, A-B, I always went first through school, literally from kindergarten through university. I always knew where I sat. I always sat front row, closest to the door. So whenever the teachers, and I am a teacher and I know it's just easier to do things alphabetically, I would always be called on first.

So I'm going to give advice that I give to people when I talk about small talk, because what you're asking about is really touching on the same issue. The single best thing you can do in small talk, when you're meeting people you don't know, or you don't feel that you are at the same level they are, is just be curious. We have this pressure we put on ourselves to be interesting.

So I'm going to give advice that I give to people when I talk about small talk, because what you're asking about is really touching on the same issue. The single best thing you can do in small talk, when you're meeting people you don't know, or you don't feel that you are at the same level they are, is just be curious. We have this pressure we put on ourselves to be interesting.

So I'm going to give advice that I give to people when I talk about small talk, because what you're asking about is really touching on the same issue. The single best thing you can do in small talk, when you're meeting people you don't know, or you don't feel that you are at the same level they are, is just be curious. We have this pressure we put on ourselves to be interesting.

So I'm going to give advice that I give to people when I talk about small talk, because what you're asking about is really touching on the same issue. The single best thing you can do in small talk, when you're meeting people you don't know, or you don't feel that you are at the same level they are, is just be curious. We have this pressure we put on ourselves to be interesting.

So I'm going to give advice that I give to people when I talk about small talk, because what you're asking about is really touching on the same issue. The single best thing you can do in small talk, when you're meeting people you don't know, or you don't feel that you are at the same level they are, is just be curious. We have this pressure we put on ourselves to be interesting.

So growing up, I just got used to having to speak spontaneously. My friends whose last names were later in the alphabet would always thank me. They said, thank you because you would start and it would give me time to think and plan and prepare. So part of my ability to speak better spontaneously, and I can certainly improve as can all of us, came from experience.

So growing up, I just got used to having to speak spontaneously. My friends whose last names were later in the alphabet would always thank me. They said, thank you because you would start and it would give me time to think and plan and prepare. So part of my ability to speak better spontaneously, and I can certainly improve as can all of us, came from experience.

So growing up, I just got used to having to speak spontaneously. My friends whose last names were later in the alphabet would always thank me. They said, thank you because you would start and it would give me time to think and plan and prepare. So part of my ability to speak better spontaneously, and I can certainly improve as can all of us, came from experience.

So growing up, I just got used to having to speak spontaneously. My friends whose last names were later in the alphabet would always thank me. They said, thank you because you would start and it would give me time to think and plan and prepare. So part of my ability to speak better spontaneously, and I can certainly improve as can all of us, came from experience.