# The magic of a seven minute conversation

> This is Day four of a five day Infomagical challenge undertaken by the Synod Communications Team. See Day 3: A Magical Brain .

14 December 2017 · Features

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This is Day four of a five day Infomagical challenge undertaken by the Synod Communications Team. See [**Day 3: A Magical Brain**](https://www.insights.uca.org.au/features/why-you-should-avoid-trending-topics-at-least-for-today).

## **Day 4: A Magical Connection**

**Adrian:** Just as yesterday’s challenge was difficult because of the nature of my work, today was a breeze because we have a habit of spending time talking about whatever Netflix series we are bingeing on or, the relative merits of feminism through the eyes of *Wonder Woman* (questionable), or the rise of AI in Saudi Arabia. We agree with Sherry Turkle that the rule of seven works. **In seven minutes a conversation can take shape and take flight**.

Short answer: I feel like we nailed day four.

**Lisa:** Easy – Facetime my daughter in San Francisco. Had to keep it to seven minutes and then hung up.

***“Mum is acting strangely”***, said the family text message which I read hours later after still focusing on one task at a time. Note to self, ‘so what’s new about that.’

**Rana:** This was actually great as I usually find that when I’m on the phone to someone – I’m not 100% present. Usually I’m still working on the computer, tidying up, trying to get the kids to stop jumping on me or even browsing Facebook.

I decided to ring my mum and have nice chat together without doing anything as I talked. It was amazing – **I felt very connected to her** and our actual tone went from the regular-not even listening to the response ‘how are you’ , to ‘how are you *really*?’. We listened more, understood more, and felt more nourished by the end of the conversation.

**Melissa:** Yes finally a challenge we have in the bag! I mean imagine a communications team that didn’t talk to each other – oh, the chaos that would ensue. Luckily **our team likes to talk but more importantly listen**, so in seven minutes the creative ideas are bouncing around and the results, well not to sound biased, but I think they’re pretty impressive.

**You’re almost done, our magical conclusion starts here:**

- **[Day 5: Magical Life](https://www.insights.uca.org.au/features/digital-detox-key-to-creative-flow)**

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