693: Building Better Relationships through Validation with Michael Sorensen

Michael Sorensen demonstrates the simple superpower that vastly improves our relationships: validation. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to improve conversations with the four-step validation method 

2) How we unintentionally invalidate others 

3) How to move past the discomfort of emotional conversations 

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— ABOUT MICHAEL — 

Michael Sorensen is a marketing executive by day and a bestselling author, speaker, and relationship coach by night. His book, I Hear You, has helped hundreds of thousands of people across the world become masters of connection in business, love, and life. 

Michael has been invited to speak at some of the world’s largest organizations, had his work translated into over a dozen languages, and has even conducted training for the United States Navy. 

• Book: I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships 

• Website: MichaelSSorensen.com 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Software: TextExpander 

• App: Copy’Em 

• Book: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss 

• Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy 

• Book: The Slight Edge (Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness) by Jeff Olson 

• Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss 

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

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