Any topic, no freezing: abstract and unfamiliar questions

Keep speaking well when a Part 3 question is abstract or new to you: think aloud instead of freezing, buy a moment once, make it concrete, use a few reliable angles and speculate with confidence.

11 min

Module 30 · Lesson 5 of 5

In this lesson

  1. Buy a moment naturally, once, and start answering an unfamiliar question.
  2. Turn an abstract question into one concrete example, then climb back.
  3. Use reliable angles and speculative language to develop any idea.

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