Think faster and talk smarter. Tips from Matt Abrahams that will make you a better writer and speaker

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

947. Do you wish you could think on your feet faster? Well, Stanford business professor and communication expert Matt Abrahams has insights on having great off-the-cuff conversations that are also surprisingly helpful for writers. Matt shares the secrets of chunking when you're writing, tailoring your message for different audiences, and using structures to guide your thinking. Also, as a comfortable speaker but nervous writer, Matt shares his tips on how to get that difficult first draft down on the page. I found his new book, "Think Faster, Talk Smarter," to be incredibly helpful, so I knew I had to get him to share his expertise with you!

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0:00.0	Grammar Girl here, I'm a Neon Fogarty, and you can think of me as your friendly guide
0:09.7	to the English language.
0:11.0	We talk about writing, history, roles, and other cool stuff, and today we have so much
0:16.7	other cool stuff because I am here with Matt Abrahams, the author of the new book Think
0:22.4	Faster, Talk Smarter, based loosely on his podcast, Think Fast, Talk Smarter.
0:30.4	Matt is a lecturer in organizational behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School
0:35.3	of Business, where he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective
0:41.1	virtual presentation.
0:43.1	He's helped countless presenters improve and hone their communication, including some
0:48.0	who have done IPO road shows, TED Talks, given talks at the World Economic Forum, and
0:55.0	even Nobel Prize presentations.
0:58.4	His online talks garner millions of views, and again, as I said, he hosts the popular
1:03.4	award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smarter.
1:07.7	Matt, welcome.
1:09.0	Thank you for being here today.
1:10.8	I am thrilled to be here with you, Minion.
1:12.6	I love what it is that you do, and I myself am a grammarian too.
1:18.1	Oh, I love to hear that.
1:20.0	Well, your book is well written.
1:21.3	I mean, I enjoyed the content itself, but also the sentence structure was wonderful.
1:26.1	Oh, thank you.
1:27.6	Well, I thought it was really interesting because you told me that you are a nervous writer,
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