Why Smart People Ramble + Our Communication Hot Takes! ft. @askvinh!
Communication experts Vanessa Van Edwards and Vinh Giang answer common communication questions: ending conversations gracefully, reading facial expressions, why smart people ramble, shifting your vocal tone, and how to rehearse presentations well.
The gist
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Vanessa ends chats with a future mention plus a compliment or action step; Vinh reflects back something they said, then shares a time constraint.
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Vinh's clarity drill: read a random page of Conversation aloud, exaggerating mouth movements, 5 minutes a day, then with a pen in your mouth.
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Vinh describes four vocal archetypes, motivator, educator, coach and friend, and says to shift between them gradually rather than getting stuck in one.
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Vinh says smart people ramble because they think more detail adds value; his 3-2-1 framework frames answers as three steps, two types or one thing.
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Vinh rehearses with a table read then an improv table read without notes, and Vanessa adds a non-verbal script of smiles, gestures and opening words.
"Make sure you get the New York Times bestseller Conversation. All right. Get this book. And what you do is this. Here's the exercise... If you want to improve the way you articulate your words to be more clear, grab the book, go to a random page, buy two copies, gift one to a ..."
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"Make sure you get the New York Times bestseller Conversation. All right. Get this book. And what you do is this. Here's the exercise... If you want to improve the way you articu..."
"Step number one is a table read... do it with maximum enthusiasm. Then the second time you do it, it's called an improv rehearsal... take the notes, put it aside, then now do an..."
"I want you to nonverbally script. So, to your script, you're going to add a non-verbal script on top of that document. A non-verbal script is adding: Where are you smiling? And ..."
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"Make sure you get the New York Times bestseller Conversation. All right. Get this book. And what you do is this. Here's the exercise... If you want to improve the way you articu..."
"Step number one is a table read... do it with maximum enthusiasm. Then the second time you do it, it's called an improv rehearsal... take the notes, put it aside, then now do an..."
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"I want you to nonverbally script. So, to your script, you're going to add a non-verbal script on top of that document. A non-verbal script is adding: Where are you smiling? And ..."
"Vinh's book is about how to say it. It's also the why, Before We Forget How to Connect. We are in a critical moment in history where we are talking to technology more than we ta..."
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