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Want to Improve your Communication Skills?

1. Listen carefully when others are speaking. Keep your mouth shut – and focus totally on them.

2. Never, ever talk over other people. This is disrespectful – and a real turn off.

3. Even if the person leaves an hour between each word, resist the temptation to complete their sentence for them.

4. Don’t interrupt - let the other person finish. Then, acknowledge what they’ve shared before adding your own thoughts.

5. Paraphrase or summarise what’s just been shared. It shows that you have listened – and are keen to understand.

6. Maintain good eye contact as this says you’re interested, and the speaker and their story are important to you.

The best lesson I’ve learned is you can’t let people scare you. You can’t go your whole life trying to please everyone else. You can’t go through life worried about what everyone else is going to think. Don’t let the judgment of others stop you from being you. Don’t lose yourself. #nalielistyle #nalieliseoul (at WWW.NALIELI.COM)

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Nonverbal Communication Is Just As Important

Did you know that less than 10% of what you communicate is interpreted based on what you say? Over 40% of what is spoken is interpreted by your nonverbal body language!

Body Language List 📝

Eye 👁 contact

Looking down

Looking directly at the person

Looking away

Staring too intensely

Breaking eye contact

Eye roll

Blank stare

Blinking at a normal rate or too fast

Head & Face 🙂

Head nods

Frowning

Head tilted to the side

Head in hands

Rigid face

Smiling too much or too little

Bitting lips

Exagerated facial expressions

Cold expression

Body 👫 Posture

Relaxed posture

Rigid posture

Relaxed leg position

Body is facing towards the person who is communicating

Slouching

Standing up straight, shoulders back

Clenched fists

Arms crossed

Standing with hands placed on the hips

Physically too close or distant from an individual

Exagerated or relaxed hand movements

Body turned sideways

Tone of voice

Talking too fast or too slow

Speaking too low or too high

Monotone

Using too much: umm, uh, ah, etc.

Appropriate loudness

Shaky voice

Fluid speech

Distracting 🤔 Body Movements

Playing with hair

Chewing gum

Tapping with fingers or feet

Nail biting

Drinking

Rubbing hands together

Pulling on the ear

Licking or biting your lips

Fidgeting with clothes, pockets or jewelry

Appropriate 👍🏽 Body Language

Eye contact: look directly at the person who is speaking, but do not stare overly intense. Make sure you are blinking normally.

Body posture: face the person speaking to you and slightly lean forward. Maintain a relaxed posture and keep your hands loosely clasped or on your lap.

Head & face: occasionally nod your head and use appropriate facial responses, such as, relaxed eyebrows.

Tone of voice: use appropriate loudness, and moderate the rate of your speech. Make sure to be fluid when talking and use minimal slang.

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8 Things to Stop Worrying About

1. Other peoples’ expectations of you. At the end of the day, it’s your life not their life - so just be yourself and set,and go for, your own goals.

2. What other people say and do. It’s not up to us to control other people, or to change how they act, or to make their decisions.

3. Expecting perfection. It’s unrealistic to aim for perfection. You’ll just be disappointed and discouraged all the time.

4. Getting it wrong. We all make mistakes in our journey through this life. That’s simply part of learning, and being normal and human.

6. Fitting in. Although social skills matter, and it’s good to think of others, you also need to be yourself - a special, unique individual. Beware - conformity can kill individuality.

7. Being right. This is highly over-rated and can cause a lot of stress. If you’re confident and real you don’t need to prove you’re right!

8. Life being out of control. At the end of the day, there’s not much we can control – except our own reactions and our attitudes to problems. So change what you can – and then relax and enjoy life.

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