Communication
We talked the communication between a family. An example of poor communication between a
husband and wife, when one of them share their daily life, they would
usually pretend they are really listening and react as "Really?","Oh",
"Um" these kind of words. Last night, my roommates shared their
experience. She was giving a talk in sacrament meetings, after that, a
guy came and said to her that her talk is so good and inspiring. But
when my roommate asked what did he learn, he couldn't say anything.
This is what we call "faker". We were asked to write down how to improve
communication, I wrote down listen more,practice more, another way to improve communication is by being clear. Make sure you understand what you want to say before you start stay positive, phrase your ideas and suggestions in a positive, rather than critical way. And the last one is listen
actively, make sure you understand what the other person is trying to
say. And see if you got it. Do not get so preoccupied planning what you
will say next that you do not pay attention. And the second question is
what communication impediments do I need to avoid, I wrote down don't be afraid to ask them to repeat, don't
try other corrections,it is tempting to play armchair speech therapist
and say "slow down" or "take a deep breath"; this does not actually
help, and often only makes the person nervous, which aggravates the
problem. And the last one is don't finish sentences,
unless you are in a romantic relationship so close that it's cute when
you finish each others sentences, someone with a speech impediment would
prefer to get the words out on their own. You wouldn't want someone
second-guessing your thoughts.
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