listening
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Give A Motivating Pep Talk By Following These Four Steps
1Pep talks are hard. You need to boost your friend’s morale and listen all while not patronising them. Over on The Wall Street Journal, you can find a set of steps that will help you give the best pep talk ever.
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Don’t Be Afraid Of Silences: Give Others A Chance To Get To Know You
Awkward silences and breaks in conversation can be anxiety-inducing experiences. Yet these pauses and breaks provide an opportunity for the other person to ask you a question and get to know you better.
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How To Listen When Your Communication Styles Don’t Match
Why do people who consider themselves good communicators often fail to actually hear each other? Often it’s due to a mismatch of styles: To someone who prefers to vent, someone who prefers to explain seems patronising; explainers experience venters as volatile.
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No Headphones Day
How about Thursdays? Do Thursdays work for you? From now on, let’s say Thursdays are officially “No Headphones” Day. Thursdays will be the day where you have to go through the world and actually hear stuff NOT coming from the well-crafted playlists you’re otherwise always plugged into.