1057: How to Improve Your Next Conversation with Jefferson Fisher

05/12/25 • 31 min

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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Jefferson Fisher shares his three-part communication system for handling difficult conversations with ease.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The best first word to use

2) How to set boundaries people will respect

3) Two tricks for handling disagreements

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— ABOUT JEFFERSON —

Jefferson Fisher is a trial lawyer, writer, and speaker whose work to help people communicate during life’s everyday arguments and conversations, with his practical videos and authentic presence, has gained millions of followers around the world, including celebrities and global leaders. He is a sought-after speaker on communication at Fortune 500 companies and governmental agencies, and hundreds of thousands of people subscribe to his actionable email newsletter and podcast.

Fisher is a Texas board-certified personal injury attorney and the founder of Fisher Firm, where he helps people all over the United States connect to trusted legal services. He lives with his wife and two children near Beaumont, Texas.

• Book: The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More

• Website: JeffersonFisher.com

• Instagram: jefferson_fisher

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

• Tool: Tonal

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Jefferson Fisher shares his three-part communication system for handling difficult conversations with ease.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The best first word to use

2) How to set boundaries people will respect

3) Two tricks for handling disagreements

Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1057 for clickable versions of the links below.

— ABOUT JEFFERSON —

• Book: The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More

• Website: JeffersonFisher.com

• Instagram: jefferson_fisher

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

• Tool: Tonal

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

• Strawberry.me. Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1056: Winning the Mental Game of Leadership with Sébastien Page

Sébastien Page explores how great leaders navigate failure, conflict, pressure, and purpose.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How agreeableness holds you back

2) How to know whether a goal is still worth pursuing

3) How to make stress work for you

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— ABOUT SÉBASTIEN —

Sébastien Page is Head of Global Multi-Asset and Chief Investment Officer at T. Rowe Price. He has more than two decades of leadership experience and has done extensive research on positive, sports, and personality psychology. He currently oversees a team of investment professionals actively managing over $500 billion in Assets Under Management.

Page has written two finance books: Beyond Diversification: What Every Investor Needs to Know, and the co-authored Factor Investing and Asset Allocation, and he has won six annual research-paper awards: two from The Financial Analysts Journal and four from The Journal of Portfolio Management. He appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and in 2022 was named a Top Voice in Finance by LinkedIn. He has been quoted extensively in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Barron’s. His latest book, The Psychology of Leadership, is on sale now from Harriman House. Page lives in Maryland with his wife and kids.

• Book: The Psychology of Leadership: Timeless principles to improve your management of individuals, teams... and yourself!

• LinkedIn: Sébastien Page

• Website: PsychologyofLeadership.net

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

• Book: Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins

• Book: Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi

• Book: Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke

• Book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey

• Past episode: 727: How to Start Something New and See it Through with Michael Bungay Stanier

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1058: Getting Creative Breakthroughs and Turning Them Into Action with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle

Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle shares the tools and strategies for seeing the creative process through from start to finish.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to feel more confident taking risks

2) How to make creative blocks work in your favor

3) How to get the most out of AI for work

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— ABOUT ZORANA —

With more than 25 years as a scientist studying creativity, Zorana brings insights into the nature of the creative process, from the first decision to engage with new ideas to its culmination in creative performances and products. She is a scientist at Yale University, author, and speaker. Zorana's work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, ArtNet, US News, Education Week, Science Daily, El Pais, and others, and she is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and Creativity Post.

• Book: The Creativity Choice: The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas into Action

• Website: Zorana-Ivcevic-Pringle.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Discovery-oriented behavior and the originality of creative products: A study with artists.” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jacob Getzels

• Study: “When do startups scale? Large-scale evidence from job postings” by Saerom (Ronnie) Lee and J. Daniel Kim

• Study: The power of the ‘be creative’ instruction: A meta-analytical evaluation” by Xing Wei, Wangbing Shen, Haiying Long, Fang Lu

• Book: The Courage to Create by Rollo May

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