You Look Like You Don’t Know The Answer!

What do you do when you don't know the answer to a question?

Well, I've been going on a lot of podcasts recently and I'm being interviewed. So, I need to know what I'm saying. Funny thing is, whether I'm coaching, whether I'm there, I don't know everything. 

I know I know a lot of things but I don't know everything. And don't worry, you won't know everything either. So, I have a couple of quick tips so you can actually act like you know what you're talking about without saying something that isn't true. 

One of the ways to do it is to ask a question back. So you go, "Oh, do you mean like this?" Or, "Oh, tell me about this." "Does that ever happened to you?" Or whatever the question is to get more information and give yourself time to think. Just because we can't answer it right away on the question, on the spot, that makes it harder for us or we freeze because we don't know what to say. But when you pose a question back, it's way easier to give yourself more time to think about what the real answer is. 

But it's also okay if you don't know the answer to go, "I don't actually know that one but I can totally find out. I have a client that did this, I have this, I can ask them. I don't need to know everything. I don't know that one and that's totally okay. And the confidence of not knowing actually builds more trust and credibility in the long run. 

So, take these quick tips because I used to turn bright red when I didn?t know the answer, which is not exactly the right thing to do, to freeze and turn red. So I used these quick tips to make it way better and easier. Sometimes I don't know.

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You Look Like You Don't Know The Answer!

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What do you do when you don't have the answer to a question? How should you respond? Here?s some quick tips so you don't look like a deer in the headlights..... What?s your typical go to strategy?

Tags: millionaire interview, podcasting, questions and answer

Categories: Communications, Decision Making, Interviewing Guests, Podcasting, Speaking, Strategic Decision

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