😡1.Interrupt: Nothing is more frustrating than to have your fluid chain of thought broken. Allow them to express when you notice them engrossed in sharing. And keep your thoughts to be said once they are done.

🥺2.Get intimidated: Feeling intimidated = feeling inferior = tense state of mind = poor/censored communication

🤦‍♀️3.Talk too much about yourself: Humans are ego-centric creatures. Everyone enjoys talking about themselves. Let them. Speak when you feel they are ready to listen.

👀4.Avoid eye contact: Eyes are how we gauge and connect with other people. Lack of eye contact signals lack of confidence or the fact that you re hiding something.

🫵🏻5.Trying to One up: When they say something good that happened to them, do not jump into share something better that happened to you. Let people have their moment and you can have yours too.

🤔6.Listening to react: Constantly thinking about what you re going to say next or react instead of actually focusing on what they are saying is the biggest sign of a failed communication.

📲7.Constantly checking phone: Breaking eye contact to check your phone signals you are not interested in what they are saying. This can be viewed as disrespectful.

❌8.Zero non-verbal feedback: Words are not the only way of communicating. A lack of affirming body language cues can take away from How much more impactful your communication can be.

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