10 ways to have a better conversation

Question 1

How many of you have unfriended someone on FaceBook because they said something offensive about religion, politics, food, childcare?

Answer 1

offensive # inoffensive

causing offence, upsetting, unpleasant

Question 2

trivial issues

where even the most trivial of issues have someone fighting both passionately for it and against it

Answer 2

trivial: having a little value or importance.

Sexual harassment in the workplace is not a trivial matter.

Question 3

we are more polarized

Answer 3

interpersonal communicated skills

Question 4

1)Don’t multitask
2)Don’t pontificate
If you want to state your opinion without any opportunity for response or argument or pushback or growth, write a blog

Answer 4

You need to enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn.

Question 5

Don’t equate your experience with theirs

Answer 5

All experience is individuals

Question 6

it takes effort and energy to actually pay attention to someone

Answer 6

but if you can.t do that you are not in a conversation.

Question 7

Most of us don’t listen with the intent to understand. We listen with the intent to reply

Answer 7

intent: giving all your attention to something