Are You Saying What You Think People Want To Hear? Mackenzie Shirilla Was. And Nobody Believed Her.

Are You Saying What You Think People Want To Hear? Mackenzie Shirilla Was. And Nobody Believed Her.

In Netflix's The Crash, Mackenzie Shirilla talked about her boyfriend Dominic Russo and his friend Davion Flanagan. She said what she thought a grieving, innocent person should say. Loving. Protective. Partners. Full of life. Good person. Soulmate. Every word calculated to make the audience feel warmly towards her. And the audience felt nothing. Because when you say what you think people want to hear rather than what is true, the person on the other side always knows. They can't always name it. But they feel it. In this episode of How Words Work, Jack Fox uses Mackenzie's interview to show exactly what people pleasing sounds like, why it never works, and what to say instead. Because the chances are you do this too. Not in a murder trial. But in the conversations that matter to you. And the fix is simple. Say what's inside you, not what you presume someone wants to hear.


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