Conversations are the most important part of our daily lives. They are a part of our personal life, professional life, outdoors, indoors they are just everywhere. The conversation is the key by which you may win other’s heart and can also break their hearts or get more enemies by wrong communication styles,
So if we know how to maintain a healthy conversation, you can talk about anything with anyone and convey your message easily. A healthy conversation is the one in which you do not only share your message but you are inviting the other person into the conversation with you. In healthy conversations, everyone can share their opinion and others listen and can challenge your views but all this happens in a good manner by not hurting others’ sentiments.
In this article, we are going to describe a few tips which will help you to maintain a healthy conversation in daily life.
Listen carefully:
The first step towards a healthy conversation is to pay attention to what the other person is saying, you should give them the impression that you are interested in their talk and actively listening to what they are saying. In this way, not only you will have key points in your mind about the topic of discussion but you will have the same respect from others when you will be sharing your opinion with them.
Body language:
A person’s body language while talking says a lot whether they are interested or not. So, show your interest in your body language. Having eye contact while the conversation is going on is the best thing. Do not attend phone calls or text. Your facial impressions or hand gestures also show your interest in the conversation.
Don’t interrupt during the conversation:
If a person is talking and sharing their opinion, it is really immoral to cut them and interrupt during that conversation. This will give a bad impression of you.
Don’t ask abrupt questions at a time:
When you have already asked them a question, let them answer it. Don’t ask multiple questions at the same time this will confuse the person from where they should start answering and if they have missed any answering a question you might consider it as ignorance. This will lead to confusion.
Don’t be so judgmental:
Whether the person you are talking with is your friend, family member, or stranger, just don’t share your judgmental comments over certain things. It may hurt the sentiment of the other person and they will lose interest in the conversation. Also, Don’t be sarcastic because some topics are sensitive, and being sarcastic can lead to defensive or conflictual conversation.
Let them speak:
Don’t try to build a one-sided conversation and give the other person time to speak until they want to speak. If they hesitate to talk then give them confidence by asking questions about their interests.
Find topic of interest:
If you are first time talking to a stranger then find topics of mutual interest because it is easier for people to talk about their interests. It eliminates the boundary of hesitation between two strangers.
Speak on right time:
When you are on bad terms with someone but want the things to be sorted out then wait for the right time. The right time is when both of you are calm and ready to listen to each other. This will eliminate the likelihood of further conflicts.
Don’t hesitate to end the conversation when required:
There comes a time when the conversation has become too lengthy and the people are tired of talking. When nobody is willing to end the conversation first. You need to understand that when people are showing their lack of interest in the conversation. It is visible by their nonverbal actions such as lack of eye contact means they are not interested in what you are saying. If a person has moved their front side away from you this also shows a lack of interest. If they have folded their arms in front of you it means that they are being defensive. By understanding these nonverbal signs you may understand what other people are up to during the conversation.
So these are the basic tips which may help people to communicate in a better and more productive way.