Intro:
Great episode about calling things out. You need to call what’s happening in real time. It needs to be funny or insightful, not lame. For example, if a hot girls walks into an elevator with you, theres 45 seconds to talk to her. A funny call it out would be to say ‘I’m trying to think of what to say to you right now’. It shows social intelligence and it’s funny. Something lame and not funny would be, ‘I’m really nervous to talk to you’. It makes her nervous and is weak. Calling out the elephant in the room (in this case, a hot girl walking into the elevator) is extremely effective.
Show Notes:
- What makes some people good conversationalists?
- What makes other people annoying?
- The days of the week that you should never schedule a date on
- How to keep the attention of your audience
- The one thing to avoid when telling a story
- Robbie tells guys from his coaching group what makes them annoying
- The best skill to develop for your conversation skills: “calling it out”
- Dealing with the elephant in the room
Abel Gomez says
December 30, 2015 at 12:56 PMI’ve always known about the elephant in the room but never had the courage to call it out until now. Realizng the potential of what lies ahead at the end of a conversation is endless.
Nick says
March 13, 2019 at 7:28 PMThe elephant in the room concept is absolute gold! I will be using this tomorrow on a date and in business on a daily basis.
Nathan Flom says
September 29, 2019 at 7:25 PMThe elephant in the room and calling it out concepts really resonated when I listened to this episode the other day. I’ve been incorporating “calling it out” more often in my day-to-day encounters and it’s been a great way to ease social tension and connect with strangers.
Lawrence Tan says
April 26, 2020 at 6:27 PMThis is a great lesson! Sometimes I think there’s an elephant in the room but I wonder if it’s just me. And therefore I don’t call it out. Because I don’t want to look like an idiot if I was the only one who noticed it but the other party didn’t. However that’s a mistake. Looking like an idiot is not really a big deal and I often lose opportunity by not calling it out.