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Halloween Icon Sandy Johnson on the One Conversation That Can Change Everything
I met Sandy Johnson at GalaxyCon Nightmare Weekend in Chicago. She played Annie's friend Judith Myers in the original Halloween back in 1978. That scene is one of the most famous openings in horror history, and she is still working, still showing up, still sharpening her craft almost fifty years later. That is the first thing that stood out to me. I expected a nostalgia interview. I got a working actress who is in the middle of filming four projects right now and still hires

David Shaft
Apr 172 min read


What Conversations That Count Is and Why It Was Built for You
Every show has a reason it exists. Some shows exist because someone had content to share. Some exist because someone saw a market. Conversations That Count exists because of a gap, and that gap is the one between what you mean and what people actually hear. This episode is about what this communication skills podcast is, who it was built for, and why the thing it is solving matters more than most people realize until they are already in the middle of it. The Gap This Show Ex

David Shaft
Apr 74 min read


How Self Talk Shapes Your Success: The Communication Skill Nobody Teaches You
Every communication skills conversation eventually gets to the same point: presentations, negotiations, difficult conversations, active listening. Those are real skills and they matter. But the skill that underlies all of them never gets taught in a workshop or a leadership training. It is what you say to yourself before any of that happens. Why Self Talk Is a Communication Skill Communication starts before you open your mouth. The language you use internally shapes the langu

David Shaft
Mar 5, 20253 min read
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