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Forget interviews.
This applies to any conversation.
In your next conversation:
• Establish trust
• Get them invested
• Lead with curiosity
• Respond, don't react
• Overdo your homework
• Pose facts, trigger stories
• Listen, check facts & nudge
Authenticity is your megaphone.
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Joe makes guests feel safe.
• He breaks the ice and makes them laugh
• He acknowledges a guest's view & expertise
• Explains that he's here to learn, not to judge them
It starts from the first contact - Joe books guests himself!
Lesson: trust is the basis for...
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Joe is overprepared.
• Preparation goes beyond Googling a guest
• He reads their latest AND their first publication
• He'll dig into their views and knows their trigger points
This is what it takes to keep someone talking for 3 hours.
Lesson: your commitment ...
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Joe rarely asks a question.
• He poses a fact that triggers a story
• He'll encourage them to go on and dig deeper
• Like modelling clay, he nudges the conversation's direction
He gets guests invested in the story, it's about them.
Lesson: don't force it, lis...
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Joe reads the conversation
• He leans in, reads & mirrors body language
• Alters between open questions, encouragement, and facts
• There is no predetermined endpoint, he'll steer it to a close
Lesson: a conversation is 70% non-verbal, learn to read & use it.
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Joe has the curiosity of a child.
• There to feed his own mind, not the listeners
• He wants to understand what makes them tick
• He's not afraid to look dumb and asks for explanations
Where would your curiosity lead you?
Lesson: genuine curiosity gets anyone...
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Joe has limits.
• Joe calls BS if needed
• Producer Jamie looks up facts & examples
• His input corrects & keeps the conversation on track
Everyone has the right to their own opinion, not their own facts.
Lesson: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably ...
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At 182 million subscribers, Joe Rogan gets Musk, Snowden, and Tarantino to talk like nobody is listening.
A mediocre interviewer, but a true master of conversation.
Here are a few lessons for better conversations from 13 years of podcasting with Joe Rogan.
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