Conversational Narcissism

• Listening is one of the most important but hardest skills to achieve. The stuff we want to say, our ego, and impatience get in the way of being a good listener.
• A simple trick to be an effective listener is to focus on listening actively with the intention to summ...

Stop thinking about what you are going to say next when someone else stops talking.

Simply be curious and hear out what the other person is saying, even if you are listening but not shutting up mentally, you are not really listening, but are thinking about what you want to say. Ignore tha...

1. Approaching for the first time someone you don’t know: focus on them, ask about them and approach humbly.
2. Deciding when to end a conversation: you can end the conversation by excusing yourself and saying you have something that needs to be attended to.
3. Awkwar...