7 Magic Phrases That Make You Instantly Likable on Video Calls

“I love the way you think.”

Michael Thompson
SIMPLE
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7 min readSep 29, 2020

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I received the ultimate “Can I pick your brain?” email. Quarantine had just begun here in Spain, but I was already feeling burned out from everyone’s initial infatuation with Zoom.

Is it cool if we just do an old-fashioned phone call?” I replied.

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Michael Thompson
SIMPLE
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I grew up stuttering and now teach storytelling to Fortune 500s, MBA students, and first graders • Free "story" guide: https://bit.ly/3h1KZeT