37. Empathy and Argument: Tamsen Webster, ‘Find Your Red Thread’ x ‘Mistakes Were Made (But not by Me)’

Part of the genius of humankind, the very bedrock of civilization is our ability to have ideas and to share them. “Hey, have you noticed ...? Hey, what if...?” That’s why it’s SO irritating that it’s SO hard to actually transmit your best thoughts. Tamsen Webster can help. She bridges worlds as an English-to-English translator. She’s worked with hundreds of TEDx speakers to help take ideas from nebulous and confusing to irresistibly compelling. Her new book, Find Your Red Thread, is a blueprint. Get‌ ‌book‌ ‌links‌ ‌and‌ ‌resources‌ ‌at‌ https://www.mbs.works/2-pages-podcast/ 

Tamsen reads two pages from Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson [Reading starts at 19:25]

Hear us talk about:

The power of story and argument in communication [4:44] | How to construct a story-argument [11:31] | How to be a successful human [23:48] | Finding your ‘red thread’ [27:34] | Ideas need to be built [30:38]