Conversation Success Blog

A Conversation Tip from the Doctor

Austin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:53:29 +0000

Does your doctor have good conversation skills?

A few hours ago, we were at the doctors office. The short, blonde, pretty face doctor was talking about our upcoming birth. Yes, we are four weeks away from our second child being born!

She used a conversation technique which very few people use, though I teach it in How to Start Conversations & Confidently Talk with Anyone

She paused for a few seconds after I or my wife finished speaking or asking a question before she answered.

There are three benefits when you use this technique:

1. You have time to formulate a good answer.
2. You sound smarter because of this pause. Seriously!
3. You avoid interrupting and thus leave a great impression.

Try this with your next conversation and experience the benefits.

Conversation Success Series – New Release

Austin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:14:10 +0000

I have just released the first Volume of my Conversation Success Series:

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Sewing Machines and Conversation Skills

Austin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:30:27 +0000

Recently, I made a crucial conversation mistake that ruined my first impression.

My friend and I were picking up some items from a nice neighborhood in a local town.

As I was loading the trailor, the neighbor lady walked out of the house carrying a sewing machine. I could tell her attitude was like dark thunderstorm clouds.

If you had been there, you would have heard:

Me: “Good afternoon.” (cheerfully)

Her: “Hi” (gruffly)

Me: “My mom has a sewing machine like that.” (cheerfully)

Her: (No answer and I could feel the hailstorms plummeting me from her cold shoulder).

Did you catch my mistake?

On a scale of 1 to 10, her attitude/mood was about a 2. I greeted her with an attitude/mood level of 8.

It made her even more upset.

Those of you who have invested in the Conversation Success System know the importance of matching other people’s moods.

When they are cheerful, greet them cheerfully. When they are feeling down, don’t be too cheerful. Match their mood and then slowly become more cheerful. You will help get them out of their bad mood.

By mismatching her mood, it irritated her further.

Did I lose any sleep over it? Nope!

But I did learn my lesson.

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