45. Recipes From the “Communication Kitchen”: How to Handle Three Common Challenges This Holiday Season

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  Hi Matt here.

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  Once again, we are approaching the holiday season.

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  As the year draws to a close and many of us draw nearer to our family, friends, and work colleagues, we often find ourselves cooking up yummy recipes to share and celebrate over.

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  Yet invariably, these interactions lead to challenges and awkward communication situations.

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  So for this episode, we've decided to get into the communication kitchen to bring you a show filled of some of our favorite communication recipes to enhance your speaking and help you navigate holiday challenges.

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  I'm Matt Abrahams, and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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  Welcome to think Fast, talk Smart, the podcast if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you know at the end of each episode, I ask all of my guests the same name.

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  Three ingredients in a successful communication recipe.

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  I have received a wide range of really helpful answers, some funny, some unconventional, and some have changed the way I think about communication.

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  So here's our holiday gift to you.

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  We've compiled some of the best ingredient lists we've received and present them here as strategies to help you handle three very common communication challenges that you might experience during your holiday season.

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  First, how to excel at small talk.

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  Second, how to insert yourself into a conversation.

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  And third, how to handle conflict.

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  Communication challenge one, how do you insert your voice in a conversation that's already going on?

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