HowToCommunicateWithPeopleSevenKeysToEffectiveCommunication•ConfidenceWhenapersonhasconfidence,itshows:Confidenceattractsotherslikeamagnetbecauseonsomelevel,theattitudeshowsthispersonisworththetimeandeffort.Whenusingeffectivecommunication,oneofthemostimportantrulestofollowistolookapersondirectlyintheeyes(eyecontact).•ShowInterestNothingkillsaconversationquickerthanramblingonaboutoneself.Oneofthebestmethodstolearnhowtocommunicatewithpeopleistogetthemtotalkaboutthemselvesinsteadofmakingthemlistentoyou.•TheArtoftheOpen-EndedQuestiononeofthequickestroutestoawkwardsilenceisaskingquestionsthatcanbesimplyansweredwithyesorno.Partofeffectivecommunicationislearninghowtophrasequestionsthatmaketheotherpersonthink.Forgetabouttheweatheranddefinitelystayawayfrompoliticsandreligion!Commentonsomethingthepersoniswearing.Doeshehaveadetectableaccent?Ifso,askwherehe'sfromortakeaguess,iftheaccentisrecognizableenough.Becarefulthough;don'trattleoffastringofquestions.Whenaskingsomeone'sname,repeatitimmediately.Sayinganamealoudhelpstocementitinthememory.Usetheperson'snameoftenoverthecourseoftheconversationandremembertosmile.•ListenTwice,SpeakOnceYouhavetwoearsandonemouthforareason.Therefore,youshouldlistentwiceasmuchasyouspeak.——PabloGolubStayfocused,absorbtheinformationgiven,andfindawaytofollowupwithaquestionrelevanttothesubject.•KnowledgeIsPowerEffectivecommunicationbeginsandendswithknowledge.Peoplewhotravel,readorareawareofcurrenteventsareajoytotalkto.Themorelifeexperienceapersonhas,thebetterheorshecanrelatetoothers•TakeaRiskHangingbackintheshadowsandplayingitsafeleadsnowhere.•StartSmallStartsmall;becomecomfortablewitheachofthesestepsoneatatime.Atitsfoundation,effectivecommunicationstartswithconfidenceandthisisthethreadthatbindseverythingelsetogether.ThanksforListening