STFU: How to Improve Your Life by Listening More and Talking Less with Dan Lyons

Dan Lyons STFU Interview Are you a gabber? Do you often find that you have to talk over people, or blurt things out when not asked for your opinion? That might mean you are a “Talkaholic.”

On this episode of the Psychology Talk Podcast, Dr. Hoye sits down with bestselling author, Dan Lyons. Dan discusses his own journey from talkaholic to listener, and how it has greatly improved the quality of his relationships and his life. Dan is the author of new book STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World (Henry Holt; March 7, 2023).

Dan is the best-selling author of Disrupted (2016), he is a seasoned journalist formerly with Forbes and Newsweek, a writer for HBO’s acclaimed comedy series Silicon Valley, and now a repentant yakker who almost lost his marriage, almost drove his children away and absolutely got fired from an internet startup because he could not STFU.

In STFU, Lyons combines leading behavioral science with actionable advice on how to communicate with intent, think critically, and open your mind and ears to the world around you, and, at the same time, STFU.

Join us for a deep dive into how he shifted gears to listen more and learned to STFU.

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