Episode 114: How to Value Yourself, Preparing for Difficult Conversations, How to Win People to Your Side, and Top 5 Personality Traits to Look For

Show Description:

In today's real-life experience, we discuss the best ways you can value yourself, as well as the best ways to prepare and approach difficult conversations.

We take a look at a section from Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" as well as Tim Ferris' "Tribe of Mentors." We discuss key strategies to win people to your way of thinking without offending them. We end the show discussing the five areas of a personality to evaluate when building new relationships.

Show Highlights:

2:50-21:50: We give our weekend recap, the truth behind BCAAs and pre-workout supplements, Superbowl recap, and Slager's news about Indy Fitness Magazine.
21:50-30:50: Tim wrote an article last week on how to value yourself, so he provides three simple strategies on how to show appreciation and utilize your skills for yourself and others.
30:50-36:10: Slager provides some ways in which you prepare and approach difficult conversations at work and in personal life.
36:10-42:35: For book talk, Slager talks about winning people to your way of thinking offending them, analyzing a section from Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
42:35-52:05: Tim ends the show talking about the importance of valuable relationships and the right personality traits to look for, referring to Graham Duncan's section of "Tribe of Mentors" by Tim Ferris.