💡 Try it yourself

Choose one:

🔹 Social media has made communication worse.

🔹 Traveling is overrated.

🔹 University is not for everyone.

🔹 Being busy doesn't mean being productive.

Build your argument:

CLAIM

> I think...

REASON

> The main reason is...

CONSEQUENCE

> This can lead to...

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🔥 Challenge

Now do it again without using because.

Instead of:

> I think university is overrated because...

try:

🔹 I think university is overrated. One reason is that...

or:

🔹 I think university is overrated. The problem is that...

or:

🔹 I think university is overrated. This is mainly because...

The goal isn't to memorize alternatives.

The goal is to become capable of developing an idea instead of stopping after one sentence.

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⚪️ One Final Rule

Don't collect reasons just to make your answer longer.

A strong discussion contribution is not:

❌ Opinion + five random reasons

It's:

✅ Opinion + one clear reason + logical consequence.

That's enough to give someone something worth responding to.

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What Do You Do When Someone Disagrees?

Having an opinion is easy.

Explaining it is harder.

But the real communication skill appears when someone says:

🔹 I don't agree.

A weak response ends the interaction:

🔹 I disagree.

A stronger response keeps your position while giving the other person something to engage with.
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🧩 The Structure

ACKNOWLEDGE → CONTRAST → SUPPORT

1️⃣ Acknowledge

Show that you understood their point.

🔹 I see your point.

🔹 That's a fair point.

🔹 I understand what you mean.

2️⃣ Contrast

Make it clear that you still have a different position.

🔹 But I look at it differently.

🔹 However, I don't think that necessarily means...

🔹 At the same time, I think...

3️⃣ Support

Give the reason behind your position.

🔹 The reason I say that is...

🔹 My concern is that...

🔹 What makes me think that is...

Put them together:

🔹 That's a fair point, but I look at it differently. The reason I say that is that being more connected online doesn't necessarily mean we're communicating better.

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🔥 Pushback Lab

Imagine you've said:

> I think people are too obsessed with productivity.

Someone responds:

> But if you want to achieve something, you have to work hard.

Don't simply say:

🔹 I disagree.

Build a response using:

ACKNOWLEDGE

> ---

CONTRAST

> ---

SUPPORT

> ---

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🧠 Now make it harder.

Someone says:

> I actually think being busy is a good thing.

Respond without:

❌ attacking the person

❌ saying “You're wrong”

❌ abandoning your position

❌ changing the subject

Try:

🔹 I understand your point, but…

or:

🔹 That's a fair point. However…

or:

🔹 I agree to some extent, but…

Then explain why you still disagree.

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💡 The important distinction

Good disagreement is not about winning.

It's about keeping your position while continuing to understand and respond to another person's thinking.

That's exactly what makes an unpopular opinion interesting in a discussion.

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⚪️ Before Friday

Prepare one opinion you genuinely believe.

Then prepare:

Your position

🔹 I think...

Your strongest reason

🔹 The main reason is...

Your response to disagreement

🔹 I see your point, but...

You now have the three pieces you need:

> POSITION → REASONING → PUSHBACK

Friday is where you put them together.

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بچه ها اگر دوست دارین در ایونت فردا شرکت کنین 5 ظرفیت بیشتر باقی نمانده
میتونین از طریق لینک زیر اقدام به ثبت نام کنین:
https://thinkthentalk.ir/events/unpopular-opinions

در صورت بروز هرگونه مشکل یا سوال میتونین با اکانت زیر در ارتباط باشین ✨
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Unpopular Opinion — Discussion Toolkit

این فایل یه جمع‌بندی کوتاه از چیزهاییه که توی این چند روز با هم یاد گرفتیم و تمرین کردیم؛ از واضح بیان کردن opinion و توضیح دادن دلیلش تا handle کردن disagreement

یه مرور و تمرین قبل از ایونت می‌تونه کمک کنه امروز راحت‌تر وارد بحث بشین و ایده‌هاتون رو بهتر بیان کنین 😊✨

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The word is right there.
You know what it is.

But you can't say it !💀

🔥 6th Session of Think Then Talk - Season 2: Say It Without Saying It

این بار قراره توی تیم‌های کوچیک با یه challenge ساده شروع کنیم:

Make them understand it without saying it.

نه می‌تونی خود کلمه رو بگی،
نه ترجمه‌ش کنی،
نه spellingش کنی.

فقط باید somehow کاری کنی که تیمت بفهمه منظورت چیه. 😶‍🌫️

و خب... هرچی جلوتر بریم، آسون‌تر نمی‌شه. 👀

⏱️ زمان کمتر
🚫 محدودیت بیشتر
🎯 انتخاب‌های سخت‌تر

اینجا فقط بحث vocabulary نیست.

باید describe کنی، paraphrase کنی، خوب گوش بدی، سریع فکر کنی و وقتی کلمه‌ی مناسب یادت نمیاد، یه راه دیگه پیدا کنی.

Think you can make them guess it? 👀

📆 جمعه، 10 مهر 1405 | 18:00–20:30
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🔗 Registration:
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🧠 DAY 1 — Say It Without Saying It

🔹 5 Circumlocution Techniques

When you blank on a word mid-sentence,
trying to fish for the exact term often stalls the conversation.

The goal isn't to sound like a dictionary —
it's to keep the dialogue moving.

Here are five practical ways to explain things on the fly:

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1. Category First

Can’t find the exact word?
Give it a category first.

Pattern:

> “It’s a kind of _ that _.”

Example — COMPASS 🧭

❌ Skip:
“Umm… it’s small… you take it outside…”

✅ Say:
“It’s a kind of navigation tool that helps you work out which direction you’re facing.”

🎯 Quick Challenge:

Describe helmet, telescope, or receipt using this pattern.

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