Do you want to improve your communication ?
Well, here are 10 ways on how to improve your communication and have a fruitful dialogue.
1. Be present! Don’t multitask and don’t zone out. Focus on the discussion that you are having. I know we are leaving on a multitasking period, but in order to receive all the messages of a discussion, you have to be focused.
2. Don’t pretend that you know everything. Assume that you have something to learn and you will see that there is always something new coming up from any discussion.
3. Use open questions; who, what, where, why, how. With this way, your interlocutor will provide more information and knowledge on the discussion.
4. Go with the flow! Let the discussion flow!
5. If you don’t know, say that you don’t know. We don’t know everything, it is a fact!
6. Don’t equate your experience with your listeners. We all have different experience and insights from our lives and as a result a different perspective. Respect yours and your listeners as well.
7. Try not to repeat yourself. Repetition will make people lose interest in what you say, so try to omit it, as much as possible.
8. Stay out of the weeds! Meaning that you should not say so many unnecessary things. People will stop paying attention to you.
9. Listen!!! “If your mouth is open, you are not learning”, Budha
10. Be Brief !
