845: The Surprising Power of Shutting Up with Dan Lyons

Dan Lyons shows why and how silence can be your greatest superpower.  — YOU’LL LEARN —  1) How conversations dramatically influence overall health and happiness.  2) How to tell if you’re talking too much.  3) How pauses wield enormous power.  Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep845 for clickable versions of the links below.  — ABOUT DAN —  Dan Lyons is the author of Disrupted: My Adventures in the Startup Bubble, a New York Times bestselling memoir, and Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us. He was also a writer for the hit HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. As a journalist, he spent a decade covering Silicon Valley for Forbes, ran tech coverage at Newsweek, and contributed to Fortune, the New York Times, Wired, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker.  • Book: STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World  • Website: DanLyons.io  — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —  • Book: 1984 by George Orwell  • Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell  • Book: The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine  • Book: The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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