Matthew Dicks

“It's my pleasure. I'm excited to be here.”

“I'm thrilled to be here, and I appreciate what you had to say. I tried to make my book as actionable as possible. I think the only reason I'm successful in what I do is that I've been a teacher for 25...”

“Well, the dinner test is probably one that you're thinking of.”

“That's like ninja level next level storytelling, which is very teachable. Everything I say is very, very teachable and doable by anybody, but yes, it's a trickier thing to accomplish.”

“She said to me later, "I can't believe the difference that that 30 second anecdote meant to the narrative. Because suddenly when I reached the end of the narrative, people wanted to talk to me. People...”

“Stakes, it's surprise, it's suspense, and it's humor. Those are the ways that you're going to hold people and keep them listening. And if you're not engaged in one of those four things while you're sp...”

“I think sometimes you will. I have a company that calls me metaphor man. They call me essentially and say-”

“No. Yeah. That's what I would do. Although ideally, as you go through...”

“I can remember the two times. It was yeah, it was PTSD related and Seth Meyers cost of ticket related.”

“And I just finished Sedaris's Happy-Go-Lucky, which is a great book. I love him.”

“No, I've said enough. They've heard enough from me. Let's go to the lightning round.”

“Right. That's true. Yes. Unintended, but I'll take credit for it.”