Embracing the Pause with Cal Fussman

Cal Fussman is an award-winning journalist and New York Times
best-selling author. He is the Writer at Larger for Esquire
magazine where he interviews legends upon legends, including
Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Jeff Bezos, Quincy
Jones, Muhammad Ali, and Kobe Bryant.


Cal now works as a speaker and consultant for organizations who
need to tell their stories better.


And he hosts Big Questions, one of my personal favorite podcasts
and always in my Top 5, maybe even Top 3, most recommended no
matter who I'm speaking to.


Admittedly, I was nervous to interview one of the world's most
legendary interviewers. I needn't have been. True to Cal's style,
he made a connection with me before we'd even begun, and the
conversation just rolled from there.


As such, you won't hear any of my regular questions today.
Instead, you get to eavesdrop on a very real, personal, and often
hilarious conversation that I imagine isn't much different than
the conversation we would have had off-camera.


Cal and I chat about his fear of technology, the 2008 recession,
how tennis and surfing taught him everything he needed to survive
the current pandemic (even though he doesn't do either), and how
to connect with anyone. Cal even shares The Magic Question you
can ask anybody if you need to quickly make a connection.


 


RELATED LINKS


Work with Cal: https://CalFussman.com

Big Questions podcast: https://www.calfussman.com/podcast

Connect with Cal via Instagram and Twitter

"Secrets of a Master Conversationalist: 5 Tricks I Learned
from Cal Fussman's Podcast":
https://brianmillerspeaks.com/secrets-master-conversationalist-cal-fussman-big-questions/ 



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