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40. Mindset Matters: How to Embrace the Benefits of Stress
Season 3
“Stress is natural, stress is inevitable when you're living a life that's connected with things you care about. And learning how to embrace it, learning how to work with it is really what helps us th…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
39. Brains Love Stories: How Leveraging Neuroscience Can Capture People's Emotions
Season 3
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams sits down with David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and the host of the PBS series The Brain, to discuss why our brains …
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
38. The New Normal: How Hybrid Work Actually Works
Season 2
“One of the things I think is really exciting about all this, and perhaps a little bit frightening, is nobody actually knows how to do it. It is not something that we’ve ever done before. And I’ve st…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
37. Be Better: How Communication Catalyzes Business Transformation
Season 2
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Stanford GSB Lecturer Robert Siegel sits down with Matt Abrahams to discuss the role of communication in helping businesses to adapt and transform and his n…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
36. Perfecting Teamwork: Building High-Performing Teams By Encouraging Learning
Season 2
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Sara Singer, a professor of organizational behavior (by courtesy) at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a professor of medicine at Stanford School of …
Published on 4 years, 5 months ago
35. Leading From The Hot Seat: How To Communicate Under Pressure
Season 2
“I say sometimes that leadership is a journey into yourself. It’s self-renewal, self-reflection, self-confidence. It’s going to bed kind of scratching your head and saying, “Man, I’m not as good,” an…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
34. How We Gain — Or Give Away — Authority While Speaking
Season 2
“Simple language, forceful language, vivid language, and keeping it simple and direct,” says Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, are all tools to increase the strength of your communication. In this episode o…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
33. Hacking your Speaking Anxiety: How Lessons from Neuroscience Can Help You Communicate Confidently.
Season 2
“There’s no difference between the physiological response to something that you’re excited about and something that you’re nervous about or dreading,” says Andrew Huberman, associate professor of neu…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
32. Speech That Empowers: How to Encourage Growth and Resilience in a Younger Audience
Season 2
“Communication is such a delicate dance and kids need to emerge from childhood having practiced,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, former associate vice provost of undergraduate education Stanford Universi…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
31. Quick Thinks: How to Shine Online and Excel at Virtual Communication
Season 2
It has been over a year since millions of people have switched from office work to working from home. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and host Matt Abrahams highlights guests’ top…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago