How vulnerable should you get with your coworkers? What’s the benefit of telling strangers about your relationship with your mother? And why did Mike’s childhood home burn down — twice?
I'm so nervous right now.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Mike Mann.
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How do you connect with someone new?
How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
Oh, wow.
Mike, my question for you is, how do you, Mike Munn, connect with somebody you just met?
Because you are really good at meeting new people.
I've seen you do it in the context of these Utah Jazz games, but I've also seen you do it in the context of these big annual conferences that you have helped to coordinate for qualtrics for years.
So I get to watch you backstage and in the, you know, mosh pit of the audience itself, and you're just, like, meeting people left and right for the first time.
And I've always been struck by how easily you do make those connections.
This is an interesting question.
So if you know who someone is or know who you're meeting with, I think it's different than when you just meet someone for the first time randomly.
Right.
I will admit that I follow the example of a friend of ours who taught me the power of preparation.
Wait, wait.
Who's the friend?
Our friend, Ariana Huffington, I think, has been such an amazing example because the first time I ever met with her, we were meeting formally for a scheduled meeting.