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Tip"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":123.0,"endTime":128.91,"body":"number three is to practice"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":128.94,"endTime":131.43,"body":"active listening. Active"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":128.94,"endTime":131.43,"body":"listening means that you are"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":131.43,"endTime":134.28,"body":"completely paying attention to"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":131.43,"endTime":134.28,"body":"what they're saying in the"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":134.28,"endTime":137.34,"body":"present moment. And if they're"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":134.28,"endTime":137.34,"body":"on camera, you're looking at"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":137.34,"endTime":139.89,"body":"them, you're really just"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":137.34,"endTime":139.89,"body":"focusing on what they're saying,"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":139.92,"endTime":144.45,"body":"and nothing else. 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Now, if you want"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":210.15,"endTime":213.48,"body":"some great examples of"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":213.48,"endTime":216.18,"body":"interviews, we're going to leave"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":213.48,"endTime":216.18,"body":"some links in the show notes."},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":218.67,"endTime":222.21,"body":"Tip number six is to listen to"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":218.67,"endTime":222.21,"body":"your own interviews, listen with"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":222.21,"endTime":225.45,"body":"a critical ear and think about"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":222.21,"endTime":225.45,"body":"things that you're doing really"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":225.45,"endTime":228.69,"body":"well that you want to keep doing"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":225.45,"endTime":228.69,"body":"things that you can improve such"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":228.69,"endTime":231.93,"body":"as maybe you could have asked"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":228.69,"endTime":231.93,"body":"questions a different way, maybe"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":231.96,"endTime":233.82,"body":"some of the ways you're asking"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":231.96,"endTime":233.82,"body":"questions weren't clear or"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":233.82,"endTime":239.79,"body":"direct and think of how you can"},{"speaker":"Sarah","startTime":233.82,"endTime":239.79,"body":"do those differently. 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