Communication and Conversation Etiquette

Do you feel people avoid you, or are not interested in what you have to say? Do you feel you are not taken seriously, nor respected? Perhaps you need to brush-up on your conversation and communication skills!

Being a good conversationalist means more than having a “gift to gab”. In fact, often it is those who talk effortlessly, are the worst communicators. In order to effectively communicate and converse, one must have social awareness, sensitivity, self-control and discretion.

Through conversation, we have the ability to command an audience or we can turn people off. We can gain respect, or lose it. We can confirm credibility, or damage it.

Learning how to successfully communicate and converse can build and maintain healthy relationships in all areas of life.

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Are You Addicted to Texting?

Text Addiction Questions

Are you addicted to texting? Take this test to find out. If you answer  ”yes” to at least 5,  you may want to consider if it’s effecting your credibility.

  • Do you automatically wake up during the night just to check your messages?
  • Do you check your text messages as soon as you awake?
  • Can you go more than 30, 15 minutes, without having an urge to check your texts?
  • Even if you think you shouldn’t (during a presentation, a business meeting or engaged in conversation with others) do you discreetly pull your phone out (when no one is looking) to read or send a text?
  • Do you feel if you text while holding your phone on your lap, or under the table, where no one can see, it’s permissible?
  • When you’re out socially with co-workers, friends or family, do you spend half your time texting other people?
  • When driving, is your cell or I-Phone on your lap, or setting on the seat next to you, so it’s easily accessible to receive or send texts?
  • Do you text and drive, thinking you’ll never be a statistic?
  • When you don’t receive a text for several minutes, do you think, “Who can I text?”

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