Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

The BEST way to practice talking to other people?!

10 May 2023 · 0 min

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Someone overcame shyness by deliberately striking up conversations with strangers at Starbucks, using each awkward exchange as practice. They applied Chris Voss negotiation techniques like mirroring and labeling, learning that botched conversations don't matter because people forget you anyway. Repeated low-stakes practice built real confidence.

You started, you were really shy. How did you learn how to network with people? What was your first step? So I would get comfortable talking to people at Starbucks because if I butchered the conversation, I was practicing all the Chris Voss techniques. My thought was if I butcher it, which I did, I'd never see them again and they'd forget about me. And that was true. I butchered it, but I got to practice over and over and over with people that I could feel comfortable talking to and butchering the conversation with.