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How to Unlock Your Communication Superpower (W/ Charles Duhigg) | How to Be a Better Human | TED

What makes some people supercommunicators? How can you become one too? This is the central lesson in Charles Duhigg’s bestseller Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret of Communication. Charles and Chris dissect what makes messy conversations so great, how to ask deep questions, and whether women and men communicate differently. They also discuss the different…

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What makes some people supercommunicators? How can you become one too? This is the central lesson in Charles Duhigg’s bestseller Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret of Communication. Charles and Chris dissect what makes messy conversations so great, how to ask deep questions, and whether women and men communicate differently. They also discuss the different rules for different technologies — from telephones to Facebook to Signal — and how cautious politeness may be the best method to communicate effectively online.

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Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com)
Guest: Charles Duhigg (Instagram: @charlesduhigg | LinkedIn: @charlesduhigg | Website: )

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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  1. @Dantheconquerorr

    September 17, 2025 at 11:03 am

    Charles is a G

    • @MrOvlov02

      September 17, 2025 at 6:15 pm

      no

  2. @fikiratolyesi7928

    September 17, 2025 at 11:33 am

    Yaratıcı bir söyleyiş olmuş.

  3. @Ladythyme

    September 17, 2025 at 11:54 am

    I’m reserving judgment on this video ☺️

  4. @caraboska

    September 17, 2025 at 2:13 pm

    It appears that I am not able to experience that kind of entrainment. Or at very least, my ability to do so is very limited, especially with human beings. I am probably more able to experience it with cats.

    No doubt being neurodivergent – in at least two different specific ways of which I know, and perhaps even more of which I am not currently aware – is not immaterial here.

    I am not sure it is a good thing to develop this as a skill, unless one also develops the ability to consciously and voluntarily turn it on or off at will.

    The reason I say this is that if it is not under conscious control, one is easily manipulated, and it becomes a mechanism that the demagogues of this world can use for their own nefarious purposes.

    It’s interesting that you mention the telephone. I live in a culture where to this day, people avoid having certain types of conversations by phone.

    When you’ve lived here long enough, you just get an intuitive feel for what kinds of things need to be discussed only in person.

    If the subject veers in such a direction, someone will say, “This is not a conversation for the telephone. We need to get together for tea.”

  5. @pagesculptor

    September 17, 2025 at 3:46 pm

    I hate when people repeat my words to me because most of the time it’s done in a condescending tone. Not always, but many times.

    • @packdebienvenida

      September 17, 2025 at 4:23 pm

      so you literally hate when they repeat your words because of the condescence? Am I right?

  6. @MrOvlov02

    September 17, 2025 at 6:15 pm

    UNFOLLOWED

  7. @SpaceFan1782

    September 17, 2025 at 7:12 pm

    I’m simply an introvert and don’t like going and talking to random people

  8. @Futurissimum

    September 17, 2025 at 8:21 pm

    I don’t think that I will be paying to watch your members only videos!

  9. @alistairbascom6933

    September 17, 2025 at 8:31 pm

    Nice 😊

  10. @innerrise.official

    September 17, 2025 at 9:10 pm

    The advice on asking deep questions and proving you’re listening is so practical. I’m definitely going to practice these habits to improve my skills.

  11. @constancehutt6525

    September 19, 2025 at 8:24 am

    What happens when ‘you’ cry in front of someone or on the phone.?? My experience is that they either leave quickly or have to get off the phone immediately. I’ve called my cousin back days later & apologized for crying on the phone. I can almost guarantee that everyone will say, “don’t worry about it, it’s fine.” But still the conversation stopped immediately when the crying started. I’ve learned I just won’t do that again.! There are few people that I have real conversations with because there is no commonality between us. Something I did when I was raising my kids was to lower my voice when I needed to make a point or have them hear me. Raising my voice seemed to cause them to tune me out.

  12. @mn-hx3og

    September 19, 2025 at 9:52 am

    I feel like repeating what someone says sound kinda passive aggressive lol like I’m showing I disagree or don’t like it😂

  13. @TheBestLifeMindsetWithShelly

    September 19, 2025 at 1:45 pm

    Such an insightful conversation. I love the idea that great communication is less about perfect words and more about deep listening and real connection. ✨

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