Steven

I was thinking of two things at the same time. I was thinking when we approach these difficult conversations with difficult people, is there a certain priming that we need to do to ourselves to make sure that we're in the right frame of mind? Because even as a podcaster, I see huge variance in my ability to speak and articulate myself based on things that happened in the last...

I was thinking of two things at the same time. I was thinking when we approach these difficult conversations with difficult people, is there a certain priming that we need to do to ourselves to make sure that we're in the right frame of mind? Because even as a podcaster, I see huge variance in my ability to speak and articulate myself based on things that happened in the last...

24 hours yeah so is there do you ever think about like when you've got those big cases coming up how to prime yourself to make sure that your brain your mouth everything is working in unison and you feel like emotionally ready for that conversation yes so one i i do one is i let's put it in terms of work and home because everybody listening right now

24 hours yeah so is there do you ever think about like when you've got those big cases coming up how to prime yourself to make sure that your brain your mouth everything is working in unison and you feel like emotionally ready for that conversation yes so one i i do one is i let's put it in terms of work and home because everybody listening right now

I was at the store last night, 7-Eleven.

I was at the store last night, 7-Eleven.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I guess you want, if you're lying in that context, you want... certainty that the other person believes you. So the issue with the big pause you gave is if I was at the strip club last night, I now don't have certainty that you believe what I'm saying, so I need to keep going until I can convince you that I was at the 7-Eleven. So now I need to push back on you and say, what do you mean?

And I guess you want, if you're lying in that context, you want... certainty that the other person believes you. So the issue with the big pause you gave is if I was at the strip club last night, I now don't have certainty that you believe what I'm saying, so I need to keep going until I can convince you that I was at the 7-Eleven. So now I need to push back on you and say, what do you mean?

Exactly. Why are you asking this? Yeah, exactly. Why are you asking me this? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Exactly. Why are you asking this? Yeah, exactly. Why are you asking me this? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because the uncertainty is not good to deal with.

Because the uncertainty is not good to deal with.

And you do know that regardless if they think about it or regardless of whatever they do next, I know where I fucking was. So you're only going to uncover evidence that I was at the 7-Eleven last night. That's exactly right. You're going to look at my bank statements. You're going to see I was at the 7-Eleven last night.

And you do know that regardless if they think about it or regardless of whatever they do next, I know where I fucking was. So you're only going to uncover evidence that I was at the 7-Eleven last night. That's exactly right. You're going to look at my bank statements. You're going to see I was at the 7-Eleven last night.

So there's a certain confidence that comes with that where you don't need to prove yourself.

So there's a certain confidence that comes with that where you don't need to prove yourself.

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