Day one of Fierce Conversations in Austin, Texas. Kudos to KW for hosting a great training.
For those of you who don't know, Fierce Conversations written by Susan Scott is one of the most powerful books you will read on how to have meaningful conversations in our business and personal lives.
No more "How's it going" or "How's the weather" conversations for me.
An A'Ha or Apostrophe (the 12 year olds equivalent to the Epiphany!), was that the Conversation is the Relationship.
How many relationships do you have where the conversation is always the same? Where you know that when you talk to so and so, that the conversation will always be superficial, full of fluff, or obligatory. What if we had conversations that instead of starting with "how are you" started with, "so what is going on in your life that is interesting"? What a concept.
In the busy-ness of life, we tend to take shortcuts, and "how are you" is one of them. Do we really seem like we care when we ask that? I am done with the "how are you's" and moving towards, "tell me something interesting". I look forward to the responses and the reactions.
I'll keep you posted.
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