Professor Alison Wood Brooks
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Because you know the outcome me and the audience want to get to.
So I have all this stuff here.
Props.
All these props.
I have these blocks that for anyone that can't see the conversation, say T-A-L-K on them.
Talk.
And you tell me the best place to start.
You know the outcome.
You know where I want to get to.
I want to be the best conversationalist, the best talker, the most persuasive.
influential, likable talker in the world.
So I shall follow your lead.
It's a lot of power.
More than five.
Yes, I can think of one immediately.
It was a conversation I had with my girlfriend where I just wanted her to know that I accept the fact that I fucked up.
Like I accept the fact that I should have been more present in a particular moment and I wasn't.
And I just wanted to like... Own it.
Own it.
And convey that I'm sorry and I get it.