Celeste Headlee | Source | Author of Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing & Underli...
Celeste Headlee
Celeste is a public radio journalist, top TED speaker, and best-selling author. She created and, for four years, hosted the daily news/talk show "On Second Thought" at GPB, heard throughout Georgia and the four surrounding states. Celeste is also a very busy keynote speaker, talking to audiences between 50-9000 people all over the world. My TEDx talk on "10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation" has more than 22 million views.
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10 ways to have a better conversation
TIPS ‘N’ TRICKSWhen your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations — and that most of us don’t converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the...
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Use open-ended questions. Have them describe what they are feeling, thinking, or expressing instead of doing it for them. Liven up the conversation with open-ended questions and you’re guaranteed a more interesting response.
