Who you're around shapes how you speak. In this episode, I walk you through a personal communication audit—looking at who’s influencing your voice, what words no longer serve you, and how to raise your standard by surrounding yourself with people who lift you up. This is about breaking old patterns, speaking with purpose, and setting the tone for how you show up in the world. This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Upgrade Your Every Day. Get 40% off at cozyearth.com/jefferson or use code JEFFERSON at check out. Order my new book, The Next Conversation, or listen to the full audiobook today. Like what you hear? Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a 5-star review! Suggest a topic or ask a question for me to answer on the show! Want a FREE communication tip each week? Click here to join my newsletter. Join My School of Communication Watch my podcast on YouTube Follow me on Instagram Follow me on TikTokFollow me on LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Who you're around is how you'll sound. Today we are taking a deep dive. We are having an audit of ourselves, asking who in our life influences how we talk. Today we're going to break some generational curses, yeah? We're going to ask and see how not only we communicate, how we were influenced by those who came before us, how they communicated and how that shaped us.
And we are going to decide today in today's episode,
that we are going to do better for the next generation so that they can do better in the next generation you ready welcome to the jefferson fisher podcast i'm on a mission to make your next conversation the one that changes everything if you enjoy podcasts like this and enjoy this kind of content i'm going to ask you to please subscribe and follow this podcast if you have any topic suggestions just throw them in the comments
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If you're looking to continue to learn tools, to practice, to train, I'm going to encourage you to join the membership. I have two live Q&As and hot seats in there, as well as masterclasses to continue your learning and training as a lifelong learner. Today's episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. I love Cozy Earth. I like talking about them.
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If you remember the first guest we had on the podcast with my parents, you heard my dad and you probably thought, oh my gosh, Jefferson sounds just like him. Well, that's how genetics work. I have a lot of his mannerisms as well as my mom, and I sound a lot like him. And most likely you sound very much like one of your parents. even though you may or may not want to admit it.
That's just the way life happens. But there's another element, right, of who is in your vicinity, who is in your environment, who you are around. They also influence how you're going to talk. My dad was somebody who, when I brought something up to him and I had an issue, he would like to say, well, we'll see. It was always kind of this hopeful, positive attitude. Let's just just wait. I can't.
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