Think Faster, Talk Smarter with Matt Abrahams

Many of us dread having to convey our ideas to others, often feeling ill-equipped, anxious, and awkward. Experts help by focusing on planned communication experiences; yet, most of our professional and personal communication occurs in spontaneous situations that leave us flustered and stumbling for words. Together, we’ll explore science-based strategies for managing anxiety, responding to the mood of the room, and making content concise, relevant, compelling, and memorable. By the end of this class, you’ll know how to navigate the situation like a pro and bring out your very best.
Matt Abrahams, ’91, lecturer in organizational behavior, Graduate School of Business

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  • @swaganomiks
    @swaganomiksАй бұрын

    For everyone that is watching this video. Your time for greatness is coming!

  • @yarugirl

    @yarugirl

    4 күн бұрын

    😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @dianacao4431

    @dianacao4431

    2 күн бұрын

    I appreciate this, thank you. Right back atcha!

  • @zc1122
    @zc1122Ай бұрын

    Key titles #1. Tame the Anxiety Beast. #2. Maximise Mediocrity. (So you can achieve greatness) - Reduce cognitive load. #3. Mind Your Mindset. - i) Not yet ii) Yes, and. iii) Next play iv) Missed take #4. Don't just do something... stand there - Listen; Pace. Space. Grace #5. STRUCTURE Your Spontaneity - What? So What? Now What? #6. The F-word: FOCUS - Have a Goal: Know, Feel, Do. (What do I want the audience to Know, How do I want them to Feel, What do I want them to Do) - Sentence starters, pitch (structure): What if you could... So that... For example... That's not all...

  • @davidr4523
    @davidr45232 ай бұрын

    Excellent video. The best tips for better speech I have ever heard include 1. Be knowledgeable on many topics and be a subject matter expert in your area. 2. Prepare your speech. Think about what you are going to say. There is no shame in writing your speech out. 3. Read out loud every day. Just as a singer will not improve with mouthing the words silently an orator needs to practice saying words. 4. Speak slow. 5. Smile and look very comfortable. 6. Concentrate fully on your speech to get in the zone. Don't get distracted and don't lose focus. 7. Role model a great speaking. Watch videos from Obama, Jay Leno, Josh Hawley and other great speakers. Watch their head, hands and other body movement. 8. Practice giving speeches preferrable out loud or at very least in your mind. 9. If you are given a tough question, answer it in frameworks rather than being potentially wrong with the answer. 10. Ask clarifying questions before you give your answer.

  • @cocoarecords

    @cocoarecords

    2 ай бұрын

    Thx sir

  • @Phileas_40

    @Phileas_40

    2 ай бұрын

    It's funny because your advices may work but are very rigid and prepared in advance. But the video was about improvisation, being in the present, truly listening to your audience 😅

  • @davidr4523

    @davidr4523

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Phileas_40 except for my #2 all of the guidance I gave prepares you advance for when you have improvise . Other guidance gave like smiling and focusing helps you during your speech.

  • @muel6294

    @muel6294

    23 күн бұрын

    😅😊

  • @lesleymhlanga4324

    @lesleymhlanga4324

    16 күн бұрын

    exceptional advice....I appreciate 🎉

  • @singlepointdc7749
    @singlepointdc77492 ай бұрын

    I always try to remind myself that I’m just trying to help the people I’m presenting to. If you’re just there to help, and focus on that, you can take yourself out of the equation.

  • @SCharlesS

    @SCharlesS

    Ай бұрын

    Yes that is his step 3.

  • @adventurist86

    @adventurist86

    Ай бұрын

    Absolutely, agreed!

  • @user-kf8jb6fr4n
    @user-kf8jb6fr4nАй бұрын

    This is God sent. I blush and perspire and it has really destroyed my life. I am 38 years old now and still faces this issue. Somehow as a younger person I thought, that it would go away as I grow older, but it never did. I just came home after having dinner at a friends place and while socializing my anxiety kicked in and I blushed and started perspiring again. Went home dejected, fired up my P.C and decided, my time's better spent learning Japanese then wallowing in self pity, but for some reason the app won't open. So opened KZread and this was in my recommendation. I will use this knowledge and better myself from this day onward. Thank You

  • @mrjohncrumpton

    @mrjohncrumpton

    Ай бұрын

    Came here to say I blush over my face and neck too. And the sweat from my armpits drenches my shirt lol.

  • @Nic03187

    @Nic03187

    15 күн бұрын

    The symptoms you describe are actually an indication of your intelligence. Only frauds and really stupid people are convinced they´re smart.

  • @claudiajimenez380
    @claudiajimenez3804 ай бұрын

    I found you in KZread by amazing accident, and I have been watching three videos on a road, I'm going to give a class for medical interpreters in Montana, and all your videos that I watched help me to feel more confident and get more ideas for my next class in March 2024. God bless your knowledge 🙏

  • @salimjamal7985

    @salimjamal7985

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @user-ps6wr9fi8s

    @user-ps6wr9fi8s

    2 ай бұрын

    Yah! You are the One of greatest speakers I have ever heard.

  • @PriyankaRay-ng8bu

    @PriyankaRay-ng8bu

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@Sn1993rs❤❤❤❤❤¹1⁰⁰⁰⁰⁰

  • @bhineshwartidke4249

    @bhineshwartidke4249

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-ps6wr9fi8smind if I ask to share the link please 🙏

  • @juanalonsocobarrubiasverdu5087

    @juanalonsocobarrubiasverdu5087

    2 ай бұрын

    Cool Thanks...

  • @user-lk9pp9il9u
    @user-lk9pp9il9u2 ай бұрын

    Step 1. Manage Anxiety, Step 2. Get out of our own way, Step 3. See it as an Opportunity Step 4. Listen Well Step 5. Messaging

  • @Deanforbes
    @Deanforbes2 ай бұрын

    It always surprises me how many people have a hard time with small talk. This info is necessary!

  • @angie_weinberger
    @angie_weinberger8 күн бұрын

    “I’m still a Work in Progress” love your openness here. 😂

  • @noorazimi1299
    @noorazimi12992 ай бұрын

    To this day, i didn't know what small talk means. I am glad i have searched it on here and came across this treasure of communication skills.

  • @pratimamishra2391
    @pratimamishra2391Ай бұрын

    I really love the way he narrated I'm like when I have to talk I go freeze so it's really good for me to exercise this to reduce my condition

  • @OoggzUgi
    @OoggzUgi2 ай бұрын

    I believe I’ve seen him do this lecture before and still amazing.

  • @johndymen4580
    @johndymen4580Ай бұрын

    One of the rare time I open my note book to study a talk. Thanks for the content. It’s so valuable

  • @user-xz5vf7ct3j
    @user-xz5vf7ct3jАй бұрын

    I’m brand new to sales and struggle with social anxiety. I really appreciate your videos. They are very helpful!

  • @user-fv7qz5so1b
    @user-fv7qz5so1b4 ай бұрын

    Amazing presentation again from Matt!! I've been trying to follow him since the presentation 9 years ago and it really helps me

  • @ninadgandhi3733
    @ninadgandhi3733Ай бұрын

    These are really good advices. "Structure is a tool", I love this.

  • @LoveeDooUniverse
    @LoveeDooUniverseАй бұрын

    I am not a native English speaker, yet your ideas was clear and concise. It has helped me in my endeavor to get over anxiety in speaking and in maximizing mediocrity to achieve greatness. i wish you the best in your book and lectures. Your lectures and methodology will help millions of folks.

  • @JayhawkGuitar
    @JayhawkGuitarАй бұрын

    Outstanding lecture! I wish Matt had been my professor in college. Very engaging to the very end and extremely useful. There are clear applications across my life communicating with my family, in my roles in business development and in podcasting. Thanks, Matt!

  • @AlimFlood-jh5gc
    @AlimFlood-jh5gc28 күн бұрын

    🎉 Thank you KZread and Stanford Alumni for this free lecture and class... I've learned what was much-needed for my success in the future ❤. #thinktillyousweat

  • @philrincon
    @philrincon2 ай бұрын

    Purchased the audio book. Thank you.

  • @yuanson1989
    @yuanson19893 ай бұрын

    I really appreciate for sharing this great lecture.

  • @rabiulhussain1083
    @rabiulhussain10832 ай бұрын

    Thank you Matt. I hope to one day come back and repeat, reflect and seek feedback, from others and myself. Anyone else what like to share there feedback?

  • @MrDiegoDaza80
    @MrDiegoDaza802 ай бұрын

    Matt thanks a lot for this conference and video resource. It's super useful, loved the pitching framework... I'll practice practice practice!

  • @traviswebster4622
    @traviswebster46222 ай бұрын

    This was also a wonderful video to learn from. I get real tense when attempting to "say the right things"; so thank you for uploading this content for others to evolve from

  • @OptimisticMedia23
    @OptimisticMedia233 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @aN0nyMas
    @aN0nyMas3 ай бұрын

    thank you Steve Martin!

  • @amirahaidary4187

    @amirahaidary4187

    2 ай бұрын

    😂 lol he does look like him

  • @jycegaming8530

    @jycegaming8530

    2 ай бұрын

    This is Matt Abrahams

  • @aN0nyMas

    @aN0nyMas

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jycegaming8530 Hi Matt Abrahams! This is dad!

  • @sickofya

    @sickofya

    Ай бұрын

    Steve martin without jokes

  • @LiveForeverFitness

    @LiveForeverFitness

    Ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @shrikantpawar8269
    @shrikantpawar82693 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much sir 🙏

  • @nmdusama
    @nmdusama2 ай бұрын

    Structure mindset and messaging..thanks

  • @dihett
    @dihett3 ай бұрын

    This was useful-thank you.

  • @Vuistic
    @Vuistic2 ай бұрын

    I have been listening to your podcast on spotify for 2 years...now i get to see you :) thank you for the show...and love your voice and pace!

  • @nickpetrock2710
    @nickpetrock2710Ай бұрын

    Love this guy! He's like a serious Steve Martin, very engaging speaker!

  • @JayhawkGuitar

    @JayhawkGuitar

    Ай бұрын

    Well said! 100% agree.

  • @ahsanmohammed1
    @ahsanmohammed1Ай бұрын

    Thank you! Appreciated.

  • @kandutho
    @kandutho2 ай бұрын

    It’s dificult to gasp the fact that we as a society need a “ how to have a conversation” course. It’s like teaching droids how to behave. Makes me sad. I appreciate the content nonetheles

  • @jamalperry4281

    @jamalperry4281

    2 ай бұрын

    I was thing this??? Why is it a class to talk. Everyone is different and every situation is subtly different… I feeel like he’s teaching how to be deceptive!!!

  • @JoelTanSG

    @JoelTanSG

    Ай бұрын

    @kadutho because being able to communicate under high stress situation is a important skill set that should have been taught when we were kids but unfortunately was not. It’s not about “how to have a conversation “ but how to effectively bring across what’s in my mind to someone different from me and be able to connect with him through words

  • @yuzhou8316
    @yuzhou83162 ай бұрын

    Very helpful! Thank you!

  • @kenken6550
    @kenken65502 ай бұрын

    When i was teaching HS Drama 1, i was not teaching acting... i was teaching "how to speak publicly" and "make friends". Sure, we did it through games and scene work, but i think it helped.

  • @user-nt3nh7ur2s
    @user-nt3nh7ur2s2 ай бұрын

    Love is a gift that comes to my mind 🤔

  • @lesleymhlanga4324
    @lesleymhlanga432416 күн бұрын

    🎉 thanks for the advice, as we speak I have a problem my mind just shut especially presenting sermon

  • @ejikeasogwa9699
    @ejikeasogwa96992 ай бұрын

    Knowledge is power

  • @dukeyin1111
    @dukeyin1111Ай бұрын

    1)What? So what? Now what?. 2)Tell me the time, don’t make me a clock. 3) Structure/focus. pitching: what if you could, so that, for example, and that’s not all

  • @ahedyemen
    @ahedyemenАй бұрын

    Thanks more for this tips ,thanks again you faced me to the right way

  • @user-ts9nk9bi3u
    @user-ts9nk9bi3u2 ай бұрын

    I found you in KZread by amazing accident, and I have been watching three videos on a road, I'm going to give a class for medical interpreters in Montana, and all your videos that I watched help me to feel more confident and get more ideas for my next class in March 2024. God bless your knowledge

  • @Vulture402
    @Vulture4023 күн бұрын

    Remember to do the following six things each time someone puts you in the spot. Brilliant. Edit: Okay most of this stuff is actually pretty good.

  • @guidovanbelle8516
    @guidovanbelle85162 ай бұрын

    Wish I had this lecture fifty years ago.

  • @uuyy5993

    @uuyy5993

    2 ай бұрын

    Hopefully u may have 50 years after this.. So 🥂

  • @julietableichmarholman518
    @julietableichmarholman5182 ай бұрын

    Seriously, pretty fantastic! 🎉

  • @choodeshb7723
    @choodeshb772320 күн бұрын

    Great Teacher ❤

  • @MOHDREHAN-pq3ny
    @MOHDREHAN-pq3ny2 ай бұрын

    I have heard many talks on this talk and this is the best so far, it makes the sense straight away. I have already watched it multiple times and will listen to it again and again. Thanks a lot for such a life changing coaching on communication skills

  • @BrainMartian

    @BrainMartian

    Ай бұрын

    27:55

  • @BrainMartian

    @BrainMartian

    Ай бұрын

    30:52

  • @BrainMartian

    @BrainMartian

    Ай бұрын

    p 43:53

  • @youngskunk
    @youngskunkАй бұрын

    His pitch was awesome 👌

  • @riskyhn2145
    @riskyhn2145Ай бұрын

    I watched his video 9 years ago, and still good till this day

  • @rocketcal6326

    @rocketcal6326

    Ай бұрын

    Sick ass time traveler lol

  • @Kkviolet1822
    @Kkviolet18222 ай бұрын

    Absolutely need to slow things down!

  • @user-rm9bo9yf4m
    @user-rm9bo9yf4m11 күн бұрын

    This was so good thank you

  • @mohajaamus247
    @mohajaamus247Ай бұрын

    It,s First english vedio i ever completed

  • @olakapkowicz4743
    @olakapkowicz47439 күн бұрын

    Amazing❤

  • @levinsonl
    @levinsonl2 ай бұрын

    I love Steve Martin

  • @Nicole-cf3kj
    @Nicole-cf3kjАй бұрын

    Speaking in the moment - is something that I struggle the most. I’m frozen all the time 😢 And I am in my 30s

  • @Qrealtorpa
    @Qrealtorpa2 ай бұрын

    Next play ❤️

  • @navinagrawal1963
    @navinagrawal19632 ай бұрын

    - manage anxiety - get out of Our Own Way - see it as an opportunity - listen well - structure your responses

  • @joshj3662
    @joshj3662Ай бұрын

    I love Steve Martin.

  • @giselavila7590
    @giselavila7590Ай бұрын

    That was my problem in my last job interview, I felt so embarrassed 😢

  • @DailyBettermentandmore
    @DailyBettermentandmoreАй бұрын

    Our internal thought processes may not always align perfectly with external communication. We might have a clear understanding of our thoughts internally, but conveying them to others requires translating them into a format that may not capture all the nuances of our internal experience.

  • @user-ps7ds8cb8i
    @user-ps7ds8cb8iАй бұрын

    That's good conversation

  • @joaqin96
    @joaqin962 ай бұрын

    This is really great. But i fell asleep really fast also xD.

  • @jaems01
    @jaems01Ай бұрын

    be present oriented

  • @juanalonsocobarrubiasverdu5087
    @juanalonsocobarrubiasverdu50872 ай бұрын

    Ss matter of Fact: The Best Tool...

  • @sandeepreddy7831
    @sandeepreddy783119 күн бұрын

    00:00:01:How to speak better in the moment if you have recently had to 00:01:34:6 Steps to Be Better at Talking in the Moment 00:04:10:How do you feel when you watch a nervous speaker present now I 00:06:29:Thermo Regulators for Your Body 00:07:28:How to manage anxiety if I didn't talk about a 00:09:44:How to maximize mediocrity in the moment we get in our own 00:11:32:When I am evaluating and judging everything I'm saying as 00:12:57:How to play a simple improvisation game with me 00:15:10:Step How we want to do well and we want to make sure we 00:17:01:How to see things opportunities the first comes from this notion of growth mindset 00:19:57:How to move to the next play if you're an athlete 00:22:56:Listening most of us are not good listeners we listen just enough 00:24:51:Three Things Pace Space Grace to listen well you have to give yourself 00:26:19:How to listen better if you don't respond right away 00:28:43:Why I was teased mercilessly because Matt rhymes with everything okay 00:31:17:This is a yes thumbs up yes thumbs down no no 00:34:04:Where are we going do I have the right shoes on should I go 00:35:14:3 simple questions what so what now what the what is your idea your 00:37:19:Structure is incredibly helpful in spontaneous communication in the new book 00:38:40:It is much better to be Compact and concise in what you're 00:40:48:How to speak more effectively in the moment what if you could feel 00:42:24:Do you see how easy that was do you see how the structure helped

  • @prayaanshmehta3200
    @prayaanshmehta3200Ай бұрын

    6:00 manage anxiety 8:00 find sources of anxiety

  • @MiamiHeat872
    @MiamiHeat8722 ай бұрын

    exhale, cold bottle, be present with walking, song, counting backwards, and tongue twister (i slip a sheet), be mediocre, what, so what, now what

  • @andrewringo6794
    @andrewringo67942 ай бұрын

    Buddy made me feel like an idiot right off the bat with that Fs question

  • @siamakarassi
    @siamakarassiАй бұрын

    I am that person Dr Siamak Baghai Arassi

  • @r1knd.e
    @r1knd.e2 ай бұрын

    3:45 Tame the anxiety beast

  • @human-condition
    @human-condition8 күн бұрын

    Executive summary: be present, be present, mistakes are the main way to learn, be more present.

  • @JoelTanSG
    @JoelTanSG2 ай бұрын

    Me in the toilet cubicle: “I slit a sheet…” My colleague in the next one: 👀👀👀

  • @maroroarocha
    @maroroarocha2 ай бұрын

    Think faster , talk smarter

  • @eduvidio
    @eduvidio2 ай бұрын

    Anyone can explain to me about the 6F?

  • @eduvidio

    @eduvidio

    2 ай бұрын

    Nvm I got it in my fifth replay 😂😂

  • @munmundey3768

    @munmundey3768

    2 ай бұрын

    Here you go - Finished Files are the result oF years oF scientiFic study combined with the experience oF many years

  • @thatsnotme5574
    @thatsnotme5574Ай бұрын

    Despite the title talk faster I feel like this video is 2hrs long , may because I'm a slow listner 🙂

  • @jamilmahammad3203
    @jamilmahammad3203Ай бұрын

    Abhi 2024 meh aa video dak raha hoo

  • @moemenace5345
    @moemenace5345Ай бұрын

    Instructions unclear, I failed the interrogation for the triple homicide

  • @TiyibAbdat
    @TiyibAbdat12 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @luismata3328
    @luismata33282 ай бұрын

    I am seeing this and I think they are actually 5 Fs in there

  • @marlonhans7122
    @marlonhans71222 ай бұрын

    are those his...?😂 btw it's a really nice lecture..ill apply this in my work😊

  • @Chrisjavier2604

    @Chrisjavier2604

    2 ай бұрын

    “Of” los of OF

  • @nikkii7203
    @nikkii72032 ай бұрын

    MQU❤

  • @shrikantpawar8269
    @shrikantpawar82693 ай бұрын

    Good morning sir

  • @audacious8866
    @audacious8866Ай бұрын

    still findinf only 5 "f"s

  • @jo8188
    @jo81882 ай бұрын

    More then 44 minutes without using mmm, hmm, aaand , incredible🎉

  • @Sainthosh_
    @Sainthosh_Ай бұрын

    How did he find 6 Fs in that "quote"?

  • @asararulhaque8391

    @asararulhaque8391

    Ай бұрын

    Search again it's 6F Count "of" also contacted F

  • @Limbuuriya
    @LimbuuriyaАй бұрын

    I freeze 🥶 ?????

  • @drishtim2848
    @drishtim2848Ай бұрын

    Takeaway tongue twister : I slit a sheet , a sheet I slit , and on that slitted sheet I sit 😅

  • @blakethom
    @blakethom2 ай бұрын

    there are 5 f’s tho

  • @philopolymath
    @philopolymathАй бұрын

    9/10 Indian telephone scammers agree

  • @HoffM-mc7qj
    @HoffM-mc7qjАй бұрын

    Pretty good stuff, I just realized that Mario updated his favorite way to tackle ED and it's crazy! Although what he previously talked about was pretty decent, it was difficult to follow, I just go'ogled the latest in Mario's Thunderous Erections, it's so much simpler and potent now!

  • @michaelnyenty
    @michaelnyentyАй бұрын

    Am I the only one? But I can only find 3 Fs not 6😢

  • @fene241

    @fene241

    Ай бұрын

    you probably skipped over the word “of” it was in the sentence 3 times

  • @DeborahFESQF-jf4gw
    @DeborahFESQF-jf4gw27 күн бұрын

    👍🐝🦷🌹🍻

  • @NagyMedia
    @NagyMediaАй бұрын

    Speak* smarter.

  • @thegreatestmantoevrwlkthep9986
    @thegreatestmantoevrwlkthep9986Ай бұрын

    Don’t think about it…

  • @mysticery
    @mysticery2 ай бұрын

    You can find Ariana grande's music here - yes, and? 😂

  • @bhima_durga
    @bhima_durgaАй бұрын

    How many fs?

  • @noeltellsall

    @noeltellsall

    Ай бұрын

    Just 1, Me. I did not pass the intro quiz.

  • @OfficialTypeOne
    @OfficialTypeOneАй бұрын

    maybe a tip on keeping nips from getting piercing hard... 🤣

  • @user-qv5tm3fo3p
    @user-qv5tm3fo3p2 ай бұрын

    nnnl

  • @user-no3lu8ex6n
    @user-no3lu8ex6n2 ай бұрын

    This is useless. This is why the US is not what it used to be. I always run into people who love to talk but are lazy as hell when it comes to actual delivery. I prefer nervous presenters over car salesmen.

  • @myles5158

    @myles5158

    Ай бұрын

    Really?

  • @hayien
    @hayien2 ай бұрын

    Bro did not name his kids right lmao

  • @user-be5ks3tv1w
    @user-be5ks3tv1w2 ай бұрын

    Wait there aren’t more than 3 F’s? Dafuq is he talking about ?! 😅😂

  • @munmundey3768

    @munmundey3768

    2 ай бұрын

    If that helps - Finished Files are the result oF years oF scientiFic study combined with the experience oF many years

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