# 1099 - To Be Warm In English With Lindsay from All Ears English

An episode of [Happy English Podcast (Natural American English)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/884643408), 23 Sep 2026, 21 min.

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In this English lesson podcast, Michael welcomes a special guest - Lindsay McMahon from All Ears English. We are going to talk about what it means to be “warm,” in English. You know, being inviting, being someone other people want to talk to, supporting people, and making them feel heard. And we are going to show you how to use the following three phrases in your daily English conversations: “How’s everything on your end?” “I know what you mean.” “Tell me more about that.” The Happy English Podcast Helping people speak English better since 2014 Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads 📘 Get free weekly English lessons plus instant access to my FREE Vocabulary Workshop.: https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/free-english-lessons 🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts 🌐 Learn more about my English lessons and courses https://www.myhappyenglish.com

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to you from
[0:04] Speaker 1: New York City. And here's your English teacher, Michael.
[0:09] Speaker 2: All right.
[0:10] Speaker 3: Thank you, John, and thanks, everyone. It's Michael here from
[0:14] Speaker 3: Happy English, and I help people speak English better. And today,
[0:20] Speaker 3: I am really excited because we have a very special
[0:23] Speaker 3: guest who's going to help us improve our English and
[0:27] Speaker 3: show us some new natural things, and that is Lindsay
[0:30] Speaker 3: McMahon from All Ears English. Hello, Lindsay.
[0:35] Speaker 2: Hello, Michael. Glad to be here. Thanks for having me
[0:38] Speaker 2: on your show. This is great.
[0:40] Speaker 3: Just in case, and I think it's impossible that my
[0:42] Speaker 3: listeners don't know you, but just in case there's one
[0:45] Speaker 3: person living under a rock on the planet Mars who's
[0:49] Speaker 3: never heard of you, Lindsay, Lindsay McMahon is the CEO
[0:54] Speaker 3: of All Ears English. Come on, you know the All
[0:57] Speaker 3: Ears English podcast. And She's the co-host of that very
[1:01] Speaker 3: same All Ears English podcast. The All Ears English podcast
[1:05] Speaker 3: teaches English communication and global business skills to 1.9 million
[1:14] Speaker 3: followers on Apple Podcasts and Spotify globally. And it's downloaded
[1:19] Speaker 3: 4 million times per month. And it's awesome. Did I
[1:24] Speaker 3: say that before? The All Ears English podcast is awesome.
[1:27] Speaker 3: Everyone needs to check it out.
[1:30] Speaker 2: Well, thank you. Sure, sure.
[1:32] Speaker 3: And so, Lindsay, what's the plan today? What are we
[1:34] Speaker 3: going to be talking about? Yeah.
[1:36] Speaker 2: So, Michael, the more and more that I talk with
[1:38] Speaker 2: our students at All Ears English, the more I realize
[1:40] Speaker 2: what we really want to do is connect. That is
[1:43] Speaker 2: the reason we're learning a language, any language. That's the
[1:47] Speaker 2: reason we're learning English. And we want to connect in
[1:49] Speaker 2: a way that feels real, feels natural. And so today,
[1:53] Speaker 2: I would love to talk about how to be warm
[1:56] Speaker 2: in English without using cliches.
[2:00] Speaker 3: Excellent. Excellent. Natural English is something that I've been focusing
[2:05] Speaker 3: on very recently here on the podcast, too, so I'm
[2:08] Speaker 3: excited to get into it.
[2:11] Speaker 2: Perfect.
[2:11] Speaker 3: When you say to be warm in English, what do
[2:15] Speaker 3: you mean exactly like that?
[2:17] Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, a lot of our listeners feel like
[2:21] Speaker 2: they can't express their true personality. So if your personality
[2:26] Speaker 2: is warm, you want to be yourself. Maybe if you
[2:29] Speaker 2: have a different kind of personality, maybe a more sarcastic personality,
[2:32] Speaker 2: then you don't have to force yourself to be warm.
[2:35] Speaker 2: But for those of us who want to be friendly,
[2:37] Speaker 2: I think friendly is a way to describe being warm.
[2:41] Speaker 2: It means when people are around you, they enjoy being
[2:44] Speaker 2: around you. They feel happy. You make them feel good
[2:46] Speaker 2: about themselves. You make them want to talk with you.
[2:50] Speaker 2: And this leads to a more satisfying conversation, evening, life
[2:55] Speaker 2: in general.
[2:56] Speaker 3: Absolutely. And, you know, even like I think I have
[3:00] Speaker 3: more of a funny, sarcastic personality. But you still need
[3:06] Speaker 3: that warmth when you connect with people. You know, I've
[3:08] Speaker 3: been living here. in Japan almost a year and a
[3:11] Speaker 3: half now and communicating in Japanese. And I haven't found
[3:17] Speaker 3: my voice yet exactly in that language. And so I
[3:22] Speaker 3: wish I had a lesson like this to help me
[3:25] Speaker 3: in Japanese.
[3:27] Speaker 2: It's true. It's true. I mean, we're human beings. We
[3:29] Speaker 2: want to connect with other human beings. No matter how
[3:32] Speaker 2: much AI there is out there or advancements in technology,
[3:36] Speaker 2: we still need and want to connect. So this is
[3:39] Speaker 2: going to be how to do it.
[3:40] Speaker 3: All right. Great. And is there, you know, I was
[3:44] Speaker 3: living in New York almost my whole life. You're living
[3:47] Speaker 3: in Colorado now. Is there a difference? Like what's warm
[3:51] Speaker 3: in New York or what's warm in Colorado?
[3:53] Speaker 2: No. Good question. Good question. I actually think New Yorkers
[3:57] Speaker 2: can be very nice. I'm going to use the word nice.
[4:00] Speaker 2: They can be very helpful. If you ask them for help,
[4:04] Speaker 2: they'll help you. That's what I noticed. But they're just busy, right?
[4:06] Speaker 2: They're going about their daily lives. But if you meet
[4:09] Speaker 2: them at a party, I think they're very warm. If
[4:12] Speaker 2: you're at a party where you're meant to be talking
[4:14] Speaker 2: to them, I think they'll be warm. And in Colorado,
[4:16] Speaker 2: people are definitely, I would say, quite chatty, quite open,
[4:21] Speaker 2: easy to smile at you on the sidewalk, which you
[4:23] Speaker 2: obviously don't get in New York because it's a big city.
[4:26] Speaker 2: Different ways of being warm, I think, is what I
[4:28] Speaker 2: find between New York and Colorado.
[4:31] Speaker 3: So like if you're online at the grocery store, somebody
[4:34] Speaker 3: might start chatting with you?
[4:36] Speaker 2: I would say that could happen. I'd say more like
[4:39] Speaker 2: just kind of passing someone on the sidewalk, they might
[4:42] Speaker 2: smile at you. Like it's happened a couple times already today,
[4:44] Speaker 2: which when I moved from the East Coast, I grew
[4:46] Speaker 2: up on the East Coast, lived in New York and Boston.
[4:49] Speaker 2: That was so strange to me. That wasn't normal. I mean, yeah.
[4:54] Speaker 3: I always feel like if you're on an elevator in
[4:57] Speaker 3: the States, like you're at a hotel in an elevator
[5:00] Speaker 3: in the morning and people say, hey, good morning. when
[5:04] Speaker 3: they get on the elevator, you know, you're not in
[5:06] Speaker 3: New York.
[5:08] Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a hundred percent true.
[5:10] Speaker 3: But like you said, if, if, if you're in New
[5:13] Speaker 3: York and you have trouble, you fall down on the ice.
[5:17] Speaker 2: Everyone will be there to help you.
[5:18] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[5:19] Speaker 2: Yes. It's so, isn't that interesting? That's fascinating how different
[5:23] Speaker 2: that is.
[5:24] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[5:24] Speaker 2: They'll, they'll be there for you. They will. Yeah, absolutely.
[5:27] Speaker 3: So what are some things we can say or use
[5:30] Speaker 3: to make ourselves feel more warm and Any phrases you
[5:35] Speaker 3: can think of or what do you have for us today?
[5:38] Speaker 2: Yeah. So the phrase that we learned in our textbooks
[5:40] Speaker 2: in school is, how are you? But this one is
[5:43] Speaker 2: too textbook to me. It's too standard. I really like
[5:47] Speaker 2: to say, how's everything on your end?
[5:48] Speaker 3: How's everything on your end?
[5:50] Speaker 2: How's everything on your end? So I'll use this sometimes
[5:53] Speaker 2: when I hop on to Zoom with my co-host, Aubrey,
[5:57] Speaker 2: and we just start chatting, catching up if we haven't
[5:59] Speaker 2: seen each other in a week before we start recording
[6:01] Speaker 2: the podcast. I might use this if I see someone
[6:04] Speaker 2: I know at a party. It's very broad for who
[6:06] Speaker 2: you can use it with.
[6:07] Speaker 3: Right. How's everything on your end?
[6:11] Speaker 2: Yeah. How's everything on your end?
[6:14] Speaker 3: Pretty good. I'm almost finished with our project.
[6:18] Speaker 2: Glad to hear it. Right. So, yeah.
[6:24] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[6:24] Speaker 2: Again, I say this a lot even on the All
[6:26] Speaker 2: Ears English podcast when I'm introducing the topic or just
[6:30] Speaker 2: saying hello to my co-host right on the show itself. Again,
[6:34] Speaker 2: we want to avoid sounding stiff and sounding like a textbook.
[6:37] Speaker 2: That's what blocks connection. This phrase opens up connection.
[6:41] Speaker 3: Absolutely. And while the textbook– What everyone learns is, how
[6:47] Speaker 3: are you? I'm fine, thank you. How are you? I'm fine,
[6:49] Speaker 3: thank you. How are you? That's a model. That's not
[6:56] Speaker 3: exactly what we say.
[6:58] Speaker 2: Not exactly what we say, no. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[7:01] Speaker 2: It's funny. When I taught English in Japan, I remember
[7:04] Speaker 2: teaching that model to the kids, to like the three,
[7:06] Speaker 2: four-year-old kids. Like, how are you? I'm fine.
[7:09] Speaker 3: Right?
[7:09] Speaker 2: It was just, it was very rote. And it's just,
[7:12] Speaker 2: it's more of a greeting. How are you? This, that's
[7:14] Speaker 2: the difference. With this phrase, it can be a greeting,
[7:17] Speaker 2: but you can also answer the question. How's everything on
[7:20] Speaker 2: your end?
[7:21] Speaker 1: Right.
[7:21] Speaker 2: It's a bit more inviting, and that's what makes it warmer.
[7:23] Speaker 2: It shows a little more interest.
[7:25] Speaker 3: Right, right. And I think it's a phrase that you
[7:31] Speaker 3: don't have to take apart literally on your end. End
[7:34] Speaker 3: of the street? End of the movie? It's the same
[7:39] Speaker 3: as saying, how are you? But it's not as textbook-y sounding.
[7:44] Speaker 1: Exactly.
[7:44] Speaker 2: A little more unique, a little more interesting, a little
[7:46] Speaker 2: more open. And yeah, don't worry about trying to translate
[7:49] Speaker 2: each word there. You'll go down a rabbit hole, which
[7:52] Speaker 2: is so not necessary for connection. Right, right.
[7:57] Speaker 3: So why don't we practice that?
[8:00] Speaker 2: Yeah, let's do it. Let's do a little role play. So, hey, Michael. Again,
[8:03] Speaker 2: how's everything going on your end?
[8:04] Speaker 3: Yeah, pretty good. I'm almost finished with my project, and
[8:09] Speaker 3: I'm working on a lot of different things here. How
[8:11] Speaker 3: about you? How's everything by you?
[8:13] Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going great. Things are going well. I'm getting
[8:17] Speaker 2: ready to take a trip to Telluride, Colorado next week.
[8:21] Speaker 2: Looking forward to it. Taking a little birthday trip. So, yes.
[8:25] Speaker 3: Happy birthday. Mm-hmm. I've always wondered how to pronounce the
[8:30] Speaker 3: name of that city.
[8:32] Speaker 2: Oh, Telluride? Yeah.
[8:33] Speaker 3: Telluride.
[8:34] Speaker 2: Yeah, I've never been. I'm excited. It's Telluride. Yeah. A
[8:38] Speaker 2: little mountain town in Colorado that seems to be famous
[8:41] Speaker 2: for some reason. I don't know why, but it's famous, well-known.
[8:44] Speaker 3: You'll find out.
[8:46] Speaker 2: I will. I'll go find out a little fact-finding mission there.
[8:50] Speaker 2: But notice how when we opened the role play, I said,
[8:53] Speaker 2: how's everything going on your end? So I added a
[8:56] Speaker 2: little verb there, actually, which is an option for our listeners.
[8:59] Speaker 2: You can say, how's everything on your end? Or you
[9:01] Speaker 2: could say, how's everything going on your end? I mean, honestly,
[9:05] Speaker 2: they basically mean the same thing, wouldn't you say?
[9:08] Speaker 3: Absolutely. Absolutely. And that one little question is, generated, I
[9:14] Speaker 3: didn't look at the clock, but you know, a short
[9:17] Speaker 3: little conversation that we have, right? Yeah. That's the starting
[9:22] Speaker 3: point of that.
[9:24] Speaker 2: Yeah. I think it generated a lot more than how
[9:26] Speaker 2: are you would have generated.
[9:29] Speaker 3: Absolutely.
[9:30] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[9:32] Speaker 3: That's a great phrase. Yes.
[9:34] Speaker 2: Fantastic. Yeah.
[9:35] Speaker 3: I think I've, I think I've used that. And I
[9:37] Speaker 3: think I've also used, um, how's everything by you? How's
[9:41] Speaker 3: everything about you? Okay. So why are you like on
[9:44] Speaker 3: your side? Same idea grammatically, but just a variation.
[9:49] Speaker 2: Yeah, this is interesting. This one I actually hadn't heard
[9:52] Speaker 2: about it, but it might be more of a New
[9:54] Speaker 2: York phrase or a regional phrase. I'm not sure. But
[9:57] Speaker 2: there are a lot of variations that we have. We
[9:58] Speaker 2: have our own variation. That's right.
[10:01] Speaker 3: That's right. And I think, you know, getting away from that,
[10:05] Speaker 3: how are you? I'm fine, thank you. And you, I'm fine,
[10:07] Speaker 3: thank you. Getting away from that, you know, block. Like,
[10:10] Speaker 3: don't use that. And also, don't say I'm fine.
[10:15] Speaker 2: Yeah, please don't.
[10:16] Speaker 3: Because sometimes fine is like, how are you? Fine. Sometimes
[10:20] Speaker 3: I'm fine doesn't really mean fine. No. We've already talked
[10:24] Speaker 3: about that in a recent podcast. But, you know, you
[10:29] Speaker 3: learn that and awesome. But now you've learned how's everything
[10:33] Speaker 3: on your end. Right. And what I would suggest is
[10:37] Speaker 3: start using that today when you see a friend or
[10:41] Speaker 3: see a coworker or see your neighbor. How's everything on
[10:45] Speaker 3: your end? And you'll see how that can help you
[10:48] Speaker 3: connect better. And have a nice conversation with that person.
[10:53] Speaker 3: Much more than, how are you? I'm fine, thank you.
[10:55] Speaker 3: And you?
[10:56] Speaker 2: And I think it's especially important because it's opening the conversation.
[10:59] Speaker 2: So you do, we want to start it off on
[11:01] Speaker 2: a warm note. And this does that for you. Exactly.
[11:05] Speaker 3: Exactly. What else can we say that's not so boring
[11:09] Speaker 3: and cliche-ish?
[11:11] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[11:11] Speaker 2: Well, the situation where we need to show empathy. And
[11:16] Speaker 2: we don't want to sound flat. We don't want to
[11:18] Speaker 2: sound disinterested. I like the phrase, I know what you mean.
[11:21] Speaker 3: I know what you mean.
[11:23] Speaker 2: Because many of us as human beings have similar experiences,
[11:27] Speaker 2: have similar emotions. We know what it feels like, let's say,
[11:30] Speaker 2: to go through your first breakup, right? If you're dating
[11:34] Speaker 2: someone seriously in your 20s, your first big breakup. Everyone
[11:37] Speaker 2: knows what that feels like, right? To have your heart broken, right?
[11:41] Speaker 2: So what are some phrases, this is a good one,
[11:43] Speaker 2: to show empathy without saying something like I see or
[11:47] Speaker 2: I understand? Because to me, those phrases are a little
[11:49] Speaker 2: more disconnected.
[11:50] Speaker 3: No, absolutely. I think I know what you mean has
[11:55] Speaker 3: a feeling of been there, done that. Like I've also
[11:59] Speaker 3: had that experience and I understand how you're feeling, which
[12:04] Speaker 3: is much better than, oh, yeah, I just broke up
[12:06] Speaker 3: with my girlfriend. Oh, I see it.
[12:08] Speaker 2: I see.
[12:09] Speaker 1: Right.
[12:09] Speaker 2: It's so, uh, it leaves you hanging. And then the person,
[12:12] Speaker 2: if you say that, I see the person doesn't know
[12:15] Speaker 2: if they should say more or if you even care
[12:19] Speaker 2: or if you even, it's just, it's yeah, it doesn't work.
[12:24] Speaker 3: And I think, I know what you mean lead is
[12:27] Speaker 3: also something that will lead to a deeper conversation. And
[12:30] Speaker 3: that really helps your connection with people. Wouldn't you say?
[12:35] Speaker 2: I would. I really think so. This is so important.
[12:39] Speaker 2: Do you want to do a role play and show
[12:40] Speaker 2: our listeners how it's done?
[12:41] Speaker 3: Yeah, let's do it. For example, me, I always forget
[12:45] Speaker 3: the words when I'm nervous.
[12:48] Speaker 2: Oh, I know what you mean. This happens to me sometimes, too.
[12:51] Speaker 3: Yeah, it's frustrating.
[12:53] Speaker 2: Totally. But connection matters more than perfection. I love that.
[12:57] Speaker 2: That's our slogan over there at All Ears English. Connection,
[13:00] Speaker 2: not perfection. Yeah.
[13:01] Speaker 3: That's right. Did you notice what Lindsay said? She said,
[13:06] Speaker 3: I said I always forget the words when I'm nervous.
[13:08] Speaker 3: And she said, I know what you mean. That happens
[13:11] Speaker 3: to me sometimes too. So that whole phrase is what
[13:17] Speaker 3: you're telling the other person is, yeah, I've had that
[13:19] Speaker 3: experience as well. And you're opening the door to talk
[13:25] Speaker 3: about it.
[13:26] Speaker 2: Yes, exactly. It shows that you're human as well. You
[13:29] Speaker 2: have the same challenges sometimes. You've been in that situation.
[13:33] Speaker 2: And again, creates a sense of warmth.
[13:36] Speaker 3: Right, right. Oh, I love that phrase.
[13:39] Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
[13:40] Speaker 3: What else do we have today? What else are you
[13:41] Speaker 3: going to show us to keep the conversations warm and going?
[13:46] Speaker 2: So the third phrase that I love, Michael, is tell
[13:49] Speaker 2: me more about that. I like this one because... Let's
[13:54] Speaker 2: imagine someone has just shared something with you. Maybe it's
[13:59] Speaker 2: something a little bit vulnerable. Maybe it's something that they
[14:01] Speaker 2: took a little bit of a risk and shared it
[14:03] Speaker 2: with you.
[14:04] Speaker 3: Personal information.
[14:05] Speaker 2: Yeah. You have some options, right? You could ask specific questions,
[14:10] Speaker 2: but those questions might not be exactly what that person
[14:13] Speaker 2: wants to share. Who, what, when, where, why, right? All
[14:16] Speaker 2: those things could be too intrusive. So we're walking a
[14:19] Speaker 2: bit of a tightrope here, depending on how close we
[14:22] Speaker 2: are to the person, for how much detail we can
[14:25] Speaker 2: ask for. So instead, why not keep it open-ended and
[14:28] Speaker 2: let them share what they want to share by saying,
[14:31] Speaker 2: tell me more about that, right?
[14:33] Speaker 3: Right. So, you know, it kind of reminds me of
[14:37] Speaker 3: like when, you know, your partner comes home or you
[14:41] Speaker 3: see your friend, you could say, did you have a
[14:45] Speaker 3: good day, right? That's a yes or a no question.
[14:49] Speaker 3: And yes or no questions are not so conversational because
[14:53] Speaker 3: you have a good day. Yeah. How about you? Yeah. Right.
[14:57] Speaker 2: It ends everything. Right.
[14:58] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[14:59] Speaker 2: Yes.
[14:59] Speaker 3: So if you say like, you know, how was your
[15:02] Speaker 3: day or tell me about your day. Right. That's very,
[15:07] Speaker 3: very open. And that leads to better communication. And I think, yeah,
[15:12] Speaker 3: and a longer conversation. So.
[15:13] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[15:14] Speaker 3: That's a great phrase, Lindsay.
[15:15] Speaker 2: That's a good point, Michael. So that could be a
[15:17] Speaker 2: good variation here. Tell me about X, right? It's really
[15:20] Speaker 2: the same thing, right? Tell me about your day. Tell
[15:22] Speaker 2: me about your trip. Right. Tell me about your new boss.
[15:25] Speaker 2: Whatever it is, keep it open-ended that way. That's going
[15:29] Speaker 2: to lead to more warmth, okay? So we'll do a
[15:33] Speaker 2: little example here. You ready?
[15:34] Speaker 3: Sure, sure. Hey, you know what? Lindsay, I started a
[15:38] Speaker 3: new job last week.
[15:40] Speaker 2: Oh, nice. Tell me more about that.
[15:42] Speaker 3: Ah, it's awesome. I'm having a great time. The team
[15:45] Speaker 3: is great. You know, I'm still learning a lot, but yeah,
[15:48] Speaker 3: I'm liking it.
[15:50] Speaker 2: Sounds exciting.
[15:50] Speaker 3: Yeah. I wake up on a Monday morning really wanting
[15:54] Speaker 3: to go to work. Yeah.
[15:56] Speaker 2: I mean, see, I love this because you give the
[15:59] Speaker 2: person the power to choose what they want to share, right?
[16:02] Speaker 2: They may not be excited about all the details, but
[16:05] Speaker 2: they're going to share what they're excited about. And that's
[16:08] Speaker 2: going to lead to that connection moment. that maybe you
[16:11] Speaker 2: can resonate with and share your own experience. But if
[16:13] Speaker 2: you ask specific questions, where do you work? Who do
[16:16] Speaker 2: you work for? Who else works there? It's a little
[16:20] Speaker 2: bit boring and it's not going to allow for the
[16:22] Speaker 2: creativity of someone to express what they really care about.
[16:25] Speaker 3: Right. And again, like the yes or no question would
[16:28] Speaker 3: be completely, you know, let's reverse that. You start off
[16:32] Speaker 3: this conversation, this role.
[16:34] Speaker 2: Okay. Hey, Michael, I started a new job just last week.
[16:38] Speaker 3: Oh, nice. Do you like it?
[16:41] Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's pretty good. And now I'm having to decide,
[16:45] Speaker 2: you know, do I like it? Do I not? It's
[16:47] Speaker 2: a yes, no answer, right? It's a yes, no answer. Yes, no.
[16:50] Speaker 2: And then I have to justify my answer. Instead, let
[16:53] Speaker 2: me say something that I choose to share.
[16:55] Speaker 3: Right. Tell me more about it. That's like, I'm asking
[17:00] Speaker 3: you to kind of give me whatever information you have.
[17:05] Speaker 2: Exactly.
[17:05] Speaker 3: About that, rather than saying, rather than narrowing it down
[17:10] Speaker 3: to one, do you like it? Is it good? Are
[17:13] Speaker 3: your coworkers nice? Like we're just kind of focusing on
[17:17] Speaker 3: one aspect rather than letting the other person open up
[17:21] Speaker 3: and have freedom to say what they want. And I
[17:24] Speaker 3: think also as a, you know, on the other hand,
[17:28] Speaker 3: as an English learner, right? English is your second language.
[17:31] Speaker 3: When someone says, oh, you have a new, you started,
[17:33] Speaker 3: I heard you started a new job. Tell me more
[17:35] Speaker 3: about that. You have the freedom. To communicate what you
[17:41] Speaker 3: want to say. And I think that works both ways.
[17:44] Speaker 2: Yes, exactly. Exactly. So this phrase does give both sides
[17:48] Speaker 2: a bit more freedom and that ability to connect. And also,
[17:52] Speaker 2: if you want to speak a little bit longer than
[17:54] Speaker 2: just a yes, no answer, people like to be listened to.
[17:57] Speaker 2: Relationships get built when people are listened to as well. Right.
[18:01] Speaker 2: So this gives people a bit more of a stage
[18:04] Speaker 2: to say more than just an answer. This is the
[18:06] Speaker 2: person I work for. This is how many people work there.
[18:09] Speaker 3: Right.
[18:09] Speaker 1: Facts.
[18:10] Speaker 2: We're getting away from facts. We're going to kind of
[18:13] Speaker 2: what matters to us.
[18:14] Speaker 3: Right. Right.
[18:15] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[18:16] Speaker 3: And, you know, when you have conversations like that, that's
[18:20] Speaker 3: when you're really, really communicating and connecting with people, I think.
[18:25] Speaker 2: Exactly.
[18:25] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[18:26] Speaker 2: So those are the three phrases that we have for
[18:29] Speaker 2: our listeners, for your listeners, Michael.
[18:30] Speaker 3: Excellent. So, Lindsay, what's a good takeaway, a little summary
[18:33] Speaker 3: for what we.
[18:34] Speaker 2: Have learned today?
[18:36] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[18:37] Speaker 2: I'm thinking a lot these days about how AI is
[18:39] Speaker 2: coming into our lives now. People are having conversations with AI,
[18:43] Speaker 2: but we don't want to forget how to build warmth
[18:46] Speaker 2: between human beings, right? And if we do, these phrases
[18:51] Speaker 2: are probably not entirely new, but they might be just
[18:54] Speaker 2: a little pivot away from what you've learned in your textbook.
[18:57] Speaker 2: So I want to encourage your listeners to pivot away
[19:00] Speaker 2: from what you learned in your textbook, the rote phrases
[19:02] Speaker 2: that you were taught to just kind of memorize and
[19:05] Speaker 2: sing and just speak out in school and try these
[19:09] Speaker 2: and see how this yields different results in terms of
[19:13] Speaker 2: how connected you feel to the person you're talking with.
[19:16] Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's definitely great advice. You know, tell
[19:21] Speaker 3: me more about that. That's a very, very open-ended question.
[19:26] Speaker 3: I know what you mean. You know, I know what
[19:27] Speaker 3: you mean. I have a buddy who, like, one of
[19:30] Speaker 3: my buddies from high school, this guy Ed, and, you know,
[19:36] Speaker 3: I love him because whenever we have a conversation, we
[19:39] Speaker 3: talk about something serious, you know, he would say, like, yeah,
[19:43] Speaker 3: tell me more about that. And, yeah, I know what
[19:44] Speaker 3: you mean. I've had, like, that. He's really a good communicator,
[19:48] Speaker 3: which means he's a good person. and the warmth comes
[19:51] Speaker 3: through there. Yes.
[19:53] Speaker 2: There's so much we can do with our words. You know,
[19:55] Speaker 2: people can hear how genuine we are with our words
[19:58] Speaker 2: if we choose the right ones. Yeah.
[20:02] Speaker 1: Yeah.
[20:02] Speaker 3: So I would say, how's everything on your end? I
[20:06] Speaker 3: know what you mean. Tell me more about that. Take
[20:08] Speaker 3: those three phrases that Lindsay showed us today, memorize them
[20:13] Speaker 3: and start using them today.
[20:16] Speaker 2: You got it.
[20:17] Speaker 3: The All Ears English podcast. Where can people find you?
[20:19] Speaker 3: How can they find your podcast and how can they
[20:21] Speaker 3: listen to your awesome stuff?
[20:24] Speaker 2: Thank you.
[20:24] Speaker 3: Yeah.
[20:24] Speaker 2: Thanks for asking, Michael. So you can go ahead and
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[20:38] Speaker 2: And we publish five days a week. So there's a
[20:40] Speaker 2: lot to listen to over there for sure. Wow.
[20:43] Speaker 3: Awesome, awesome, awesome. All right. Well, anyway, thank you so much.
[20:46] Speaker 3: All Ears English. That's Lindsay. Thank you for joining me today.
[20:50] Speaker 3: And we'll see you around the neighborhood.
[20:54] Speaker 2: Thanks, Michael. Take care.
[20:55] Speaker 3: All right. Bye-bye.
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