How to Communicate With Confidence & Ease (From Harvard Business School’s #1 Professor)

One thing that came to my mind as I was listening to this is how we approach grief. When I lost several of my family members, no one reached out to see how I was doing. I felt alone. Then, one day, a woman from my church came up to me and asked about my grief. It was like a warm hug. She didn't try to fix my grief, or try to reason as to why this person passed away, she simply listened. I remember her giving me a hug. Listening through difficult conversations without trying to navigate them, rather just listening and allowing someone the right to feel as they do is such a great gift. I'm doing all I can to be a listening ear. It's not always easy to do it, but it a good daily practice for me, realizing how imperative it is to be heard and understood. Thank you!

Imagine a person you don't have to do any topic prep to have a good time together, the conversation just flows as a river, that's priceless.

I never thought listening to a conversation about conversations could be so interesting

Mel what are you doing? throwig such valueable gems every week, how many do i have to watch it is impossible to keep up with you. you go girl. thanks for the upload.

Communication is about building connections. Listening is the glue to hold this framework together. 1. Topics - the things we talk about, preparing topics helps have better and more enjoyable conversations, eg. Use Chatgpt for topic questions 2. Asking - Ask more questions, ask better questions - to help understand another person better (grounding) 3. Levity - Humour and warmth, the antidote to boredom and disengagement - eg. Talk about failures, self-deprecating humour (works better for high-status, limiting for low status - ask questions if don’t know something) 4. Kindness - Make the effort to use respectful language, responsive listening - Genuinely caring about what the other person is showing you Listening: 1. hearing and seeing the other - verbal and non-verbal cues 2. Elaborate on it in your mind 3. Show that you heard them - verbal and non-verbal cues Listening can help build influence.

I'm a teenage girl and while listening I realized I did most of these things without knowing it. I'll definitely keep using it. It's a life saver!

I’m doctor, speciality in longevity ( 15 years ) and i confirm, have a good conversation it’s most important to cure than any treatment. Once I've completed the medical consultation, I can assess if my patient will achieve the desired cure. So thank you for this video, i had an opportunity to improve my knowledge of art of communication. I’ll track the professor Alison to keep learn.

The first 30 seconds said it all….conversations are the seed to all relationships.

Conversation isn't self talk, It's back and forth — I like that one. No long ago I broke up with a girl who had the problem with communication. I remember during our first date, we spent time together in a restaurant almost for two hours, and during that time I was the only one talking. It was awkward and embarrassing, but I've deal with it. After that, we started relationship, but I was still the only one talking — in fact, I was the only who were sending every first dm, the only one who were calling, the only one who were giving gifts and so one... I took a step back and told myself, nigga, where are you going? So I decided to break up. From that time I realized that communication is everything, whether in relationship, partnership or friendship, and real communication is about to understand each other, share the same feelings inside and mindedly being connected. Thanks for this podcast, again I learnt a lot from it.

I intended to play this video in the background while I'm finishing a task, but as I move across these topics they are talking about, I find myself now listening and watching them instead of focusing on my first objective HAHAHAA.