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Think
About Your Communicating
Do
you know how you communicate with others? Think about it.....
Directions:
Below is a list of statements that might describe your communicating.
There are no right/wrong answers. This list is to provide you some awareness
about your communicating:
Use the following to check your conversational style.
N-Never R-Rarely S-Sometimes U-Usually
A-Always
- I explain
things well and others listen to me
- I let
others do most of the talking
- I interrupt
people
- When someone
else is talking, I think about what I want to say next
- I try
to encourage others to express their ideas
- I try
to stay on the topic being discussed
- I know
how to ask good questions about a topic
- I really
enjoy talking with people
- When others
try to dominate the talk, I just let them
- I feel
upset if people don't seem to value what I say
- If I find
myself dominating the conversation, I try to stop
- I try
to be a good listener
- I try
to talk about too many things at once
- People
don't listen to me, they act bored
- I talk
too much, chatter
- I know
how to change the subject politely
- I am truthful
in the things I talk about
- I plan
things to talk about before I leave the room
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