Mike Carruthers

They want to fight or they want to argue or they want to just tell you what they think.

How do you get them on your page when they're so not?

If I'm new to this, because I'm new to this, help me get into that frame of mind.

I'm going to have a conversation with you, and I want to do what you're talking about.

How do I, if I'm initiating, how do I approach it to...

I imagine it's not just me, but I've had that experience of feeling much more super communicator-ish in some conversations than others.

Like I'm really nailing it and getting it.

But clearly you can do it deliberately in following some of your suggestions, be much better at it and be much more consistent at it.

Well, as somebody who's in the communication business, I always enjoy these conversations where you peel the onion back and dissect the elements of communication and see how it works.

This has been great.

I've been speaking with Charles Duhigg, and the name of his book is Super Communicators, How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.

And if you'd like to read it, you can buy it at Amazon.

And there's a link to his book at Amazon in the show notes.

Appreciate it, Charles.

This was great.

The next time you're struggling to find an answer, come up with a solution, something like that, you might want to try lying down.

In an Australian study, participants were asked to solve problems and find solutions in a number of different positions.

Those who laid flat on their backs out-solved those who were standing or sitting.

Apparently, this is because lying down slows the brain's production of chemicals, which can actually help us think more creatively and make connections between unrelated concepts.

And that is something you should know.