Life is a good conversation

How many of us had bad conversations during their life?

If we could be all together in the same room, my eyes should be full of raised arms.

Husbands, housewives, brothers, sisters, friends, or business partners, it doesn`t matter. Bad conversations are for everyone.

But, how it is possible to transform bad conversations into good conversations?

Here a short list of action to be taken to arrive at this goal, thanks to the expertise of Celeste Headlee:

~ Don`t multitask. Lack of attention can be offensive, and carry to bad situations;

~ Don`t pontificate. There is no need to do it, and it is disturbing;

~ Avoid short questions, like "are you scared?". Conversations need long and structured questions to generate inside the other person the right answer;

~ If you don`t know something, or you don`t know how to do something, simply say it. Say the truth, honestly. Nobody likes liars;

~ Don`t equate your personal experience to the ones of others. It is never the same, all experiences are individual, and there is no need to promote ourselves compared to the other person during a conversation;

~ Try not to repeat yourself. It is bad, and it is boring;

~ Stay out from the details. People don`t care about the names, the years, and more. People care about you, what you like, and what you have in common with them;

~ Be brief, and try to explain all in a short way;

~ Last, but not least: listen to the other person. Don`t be distracted, there is no need to maintain control during a conversation.

As Stephen Covey said:

Many of us don`t listen with the intent to understand. We listen with the intent to reply.

Life is a good conversation too.