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Conversation Killers: Asking For An Outside Perspective
- You can be conscious of what you type in your emails and phone messages, it pays well to have a large vocabulary at your disposal.
- If you overuse a word, or say a ‘pet’ word without even realizing it, you may have to break the habit by taking help from a colleague, friend or family member.
- The person who gets your message, who may be a new friend or an acquaintance, can feel as if you are being sarcastic, or may have misused a word, which they may or may not correct you. They may even think they have missed part of the conversation.
- Too many fluffy words also drown out the actual conversation. If you go on and on, the message you are trying to convey gets diluted.
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Sharing Personal Information
- The more you talk, the more personal information is divulged. Your likes and dislikes, thought patterns, preferences, everything is exposed.
- It feels good and comforting to talk if the other person is listening, but good communication is never about talking too much.
- Say ...
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Conversation Killers
Words are like keys that can make or break a conversation. Some words look absolutely okay to us, but can kill a conversation if they sound mechanical or are overused.
Words like Awesome, Right On, Fantastic, Fabulous, if overused, sound fluffy and mechanical, wit...
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