Going There

709: Vanessa Van Edwards - How to Connect with Anyone, Master Small Talk, and Ask the 9 Power Questions That Deepen Every Relationship

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk, 4 October 2026. The book comes up at 9 min 27 sec in. Said by Vanessa Van Edwards.

Vanessa Van Edwards mentions reading Katie Couric's memoir as research for Conversation. She highlights a tip from it: Couric avoids asking 'What do you do?' in her thousands of interviews with powerful people, instead asking 'What do you like to do?' — a single-word swap Vanessa describes as an aha moment illustrating how small conversational changes can have major impact.

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