006 - Interview with Jay Sullivan

Q1:  How would you describe your personality? Extravert / Introvert / ambivert (a mixture of both) / how do you believe your personality affects your interaction with people?

Q2.  When you walk into a room and do not know a single person, how do you respond?

Q3.  How important is communication in a business interaction? 

Q4. Why is communicating effectively so difficult for some people? (Even giving presentations?)

Q5.  How do you utilize asking questions in a conversation?

Q6. What are some tips for becoming better listeners?

Q7.  What impresses you with another person in an interaction?

Q8.  What mistakes do you see people interacting with each other? How should they change it?

Q9. The ratio of how much we write to others vs. speak to each other has shifted in the last decade, and become even greater since the world got used to working remotely. How has that changed how we connect with each other?

Q10:  What would you say is still challenging for you when interacting with people?

Q11:  Who is or was your biggest influence in your life on business social skills? (Aka: communication / conversation/ connection?)

Top Five Rapid Fire Round

• Good or bad remembering names 
• Good or bad listener if completely honest?
• A strength you bring into a conversation 
• What is your pet peeve or just drives you crazy about people?
• How do you know when you’re starting to connect with another person?

Bonus Question - you buy top five questions you get one free…

• What are you learning right now / how are you being challenged?

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