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9 Effective Tips for Knowing When to Speak Up and When to Remain Silent

Understanding when to express yourself and when to remain silent is vital in both personal and professional relationships. Effective communication can strengthen bonds with friends and partners and may be the key to career advancement. Experts in communication suggest that we often use excessive words and emotions, with few pauses, in our dialogues. Essentially, many ...

Nathan Machoka

Man bursting out of a yellow background, holding his finger to his lips to call for quiet.

Listening: How to Properly Pay Attention

Not many people know that there are two types of listening: active and passive. While some think listening or hearing is enough, it doesn’t always work, especially in critical situations. The problem many people face when trying to listen is that not everything they hear gets retained in their memory. This results in them hearing ...

Mike West

Listening to someone speaking.

Correcting Behavior in a Child Who Won’t Listen

Children are often very explorative, but their curiosity can make it so they are hard to discipline. The process of teaching them to listen can be very frustrating for some parents and when not taught correctly, this could lead to some actions that could result in permanent behavioral changes. Understanding the reason behind a child ...

Mike West

An upset young girl not wanting to listen.

Talk Less and Listen More: 5 Tips to Improve Your Listening Skills

While conversational skills are necessary to ensure success in life, there is one communication skill that is equally important yet not valued as much — listening. It is important to improve your listening skills. 5 tips to boost your listening skills 1. Remain silent When listening to others, make sure that you remain silent. Do ...

Armin Auctor

Barack Obama listening to the Dalai Lama.