174. This Mistake Is Ruining Your Conversations

About this episode

The episode discusses a common mistake that negatively impacts conversations and social interactions.

There’s one simple thing we’re all guilty of doing to people, and it’s ruining our conversations. It causes people to dislike us, lose respect for us, and ultimately avoid talking to us altogether. I’m back with another episode about conversation skills, my friends. Have a listen and see if you identify with this topic. If you want to listen to this show without interruptions from advertisers, subscribe to my patreon 👉  https://patreon.com/realenglishradio — Every dollar goes to funding my caffeine & nicotine addiction so I can stay sane enough to record another episode for you… much love. Timestamps: 0:00 Catching flies 1:31 An easy way to become less likable Link to the video used in this episode 👉  https://www.tiktok.com/@bless.speaks/video/7613439855913110806?_r=1&_t=ZT-959rt3RiW5e Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tony Kaizen

Topics covered

• conversation skills
• likability
• communication
• social interactions
• self-improvement

Keywords

• conversation
• skills
• likability
• communication
• social skills
• self-improvement
• respect
• avoidance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: patreon, Acast, TikTok

Books & works: This Mistake Is Ruining Your Conversations, Catching flies, An easy way to become less likable, video

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