On this episode of 🎤Conversations About Conversations🎙 Ivan Farber and Alex Brown discuss the concept of satisfying needs by who you’re being. It’s based on a major concept from chapter four (called Focus on Needs) of Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time. Consider that as a relationship manager—no matter what product or service your company sells—you add value to the degree that you focus on and satisfy the many needs your clients have. 👀 WATCH the full episode on YouTube https://youtu.be/K9IWLXc6Ds0 BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon WATCH Conversations About Conversations on YouTube http://bit.ly/YouTubeConversationsChannel CONTACT [email protected] Conversations About Conversations – Episode 210 #conversationsaboutconversations

I recently threw myself a zoom birthday party and since it was my party, I could do what I wanted to. So, I gave a presentation called “How to Make the Most of Your Time on the Planet”. There were 9 themes to my talk: Be Courageous Do Something Meaningful Own Your Success Do it Now Grow Be Happy Let Go Be a Champion Be Grateful Like many presentations or communications for “others”, the message is actually a message to myself to be and do the above: be grateful, be courageous, be a champion and do it now. As Jim Rohn said, “Life is short—even at the longest.” Nothing is a given. The time is now.

On this “repp-isode” of 🎤Conversations About Conversations🎙 Ivan Farber and John Repplinger discussed how John uses his morning routine to have a great day, be fully self-expressed, pursue success and make a difference for others. WATCH Conversations About Conversations on YouTube http://bit.ly/YouTubeConversationsChannel BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon CONTACT [email protected] Conversations About Conversations – Episode 208 #conversationsaboutconversations

Is communicating by email the best way for you to get want you want/need? Or rather, should you be having more (and better) conversations? In this (5-minute) episode of Conversations About Conversations, I discuss when email is effective and when it isn’t. SPOILER ALERT: It’s ineffective in MOST situations that people are using it! Email is a great tool, but no substitute for the most important thing you need to do on a daily basis and that is to have effective conversations with your colleagues and clients. If you improve your ability to retain and grow client relationships through powerful conversations, you’ll become more valuable to your company, make more money, and increase your job satisfaction. There is no skill more important than the ability to be effective in conversations. If you want to get on a path to improving your effectiveness in managing conversations, I invite you to: Read my book: Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time (available now on Amazon or Audible http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon) or contact me to schedule a free 20-minute coaching session: [email protected] or text/phone 503-957-8500. #conversationsaboutconversations

On this episode of 🎤Conversations About Conversations🎙 Ivan Farber and Alex Brown discussed ten tactics for becoming a better listener. Many of the ideas and tactics come from chapter 3 of Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time. Chapter three is called Listen. BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon WATCH Conversations About Conversations on YouTube http://bit.ly/YouTubeConversationsChannel CONTACT [email protected] Conversations About Conversations – Episode 206

On this episode of 🎤Conversations About Conversations🎙 Sam Galloway and I each discussed ten reasons why conversations are important. We approached answering the question: “Why are conversations important?” from completely different perspectives. His reasons were verbs. My reasons were nouns. His reasons were poetic. My reasons were pragmatic. He exercised his right brain. I exercised my left brain. BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon WATCH Conversations About Conversations on YouTube http://bit.ly/YouTubeConversationsChannel CONTACT [email protected] Conversations About Conversations – Episode 205 #ConversationAboutConversations

On this episode of 🎤Conversations About Conversations🎙 Alex Brown and I discussed the strategies I wrote about in chapter two of Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time.  We discussed 4 items in particular: 1) Open-ended questions and how they’re best used 2) Closed-ended questions and how they’re best used 3) Four question asking principles and 4) Combining question types as a sequence. BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon WATCH Conversations About Conversations on YouTube http://bit.ly/YouTubeConversationsChannel CONTACT [email protected] Conversations About Conversations – Episode 204

On this episode of 🎤Conversations About Conversations🎙 Alex Brown and I discussed the strategies I wrote about in chapter one of Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time. The strategies are my playbook for building rapport. BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon CONTACT [email protected] Conversations About Conversations – Episode 203 #conversationsaboutconversations

In this episode of Conversations About Conversations, I tell a story about a client I worked with about 10 years ago who made me very uncomfortable.  I talked about what I did to rise above the situation and build rapport in a situation I found to be very difficult. I want everyone who listens to this to know that it’s entirely possible to build rapport with anyone, anywhere and at any time, but you must have the right mindset, skill set and strategies for doing so. I also explain my plan for how to build rapport with your clients in Chapter One of my book called Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time. It’s available now on Amazon.com. Buy Conversations on Amazon Conversations About Conversations – Episode 202 CONTACT [email protected] #conversationsaboutconversations

On this episode of 🎤Conversations About Conversations 🎙 I was interviewed about my book—Conversations: How to Manage Your Business Relationships One Conversation at a Time—by my friend and colleague David DeCelle. In part 1, David quickly realized there was enough to discuss that he suggested we do a part 2. He was right! We had plenty to talk about and more. Conversations are the way we get what we need and want in the world. Therefore, there is no skill more important than the ability to be effective in your conversations.  BUY Conversations on Amazon http://bit.ly/ConversationsOnAmazon Conversations About Conversations – Episode 201 CONTACT [email protected] #conversationsaboutconversations