Talking more can actually make people respect you less. Alison Wood Brooks explains that people often think speaking more makes them look smarter or more confident, but the opposite is usually true. When you are not the expert in the conversation and you keep fighting for airtime, people begin to see you as less powerful. Do you think people talk too much in conversations today? #podcast #communication #bodylanguage #anxiety

Small talk isn’t the problem, it is how we do it. Alison Wood Brooks explains that most people hate small talk because they stay on surface level topics for too long. She says conversations become awkward and draining when they never move up the “conversation pyramid” into something more meaningful. Do you enjoy small talk or avoid it? #podcast #communication #bodylanguage #anxiety