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Our conversations will go better if we ASK PEOPLE TO PLAY ONLY ONE CONVERSATIONAL ROLE AT A TIME
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Writer
Anonymous
Date
2004-09-02
Our conversations will go better if we ASK PEOPLE TO PLAY ONLY ONE CONVERSATIONAL ROLE AT A TIME.
..NEGOTIATION ABOUT CONVERSATION THROUGH BODY LANGUAGE & TONE OF VOICE during the first few seconds of interaction.
But since people whose body language & tone of voice patterns may be quite different from ours,
we may need to be MORE EXPLICIT & DIRECT in the way we ask people to have conversations with us.
..the more important it is to have your partner's consent & conscious participation.
"Hi!", or talking about the weather does not require this kind of preparation,
cause very little is being required of the other person, & people can easily indicate with their tone of voice whether or not they are interested in chatting.
* It's not universal, but to assume without asking that a person is available to talk may be interpreted by many people as lack of respect.
* Avoid conversations that are negative, self-defeating or self-destructive
