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5 Simple Tricks That Will Improve Your Communication Ability
Nail conversations and connect with ease
Have you ever finished listening to someone and said to yourself, “Wow! I love the way she talks.”
I have, many times, and probably so have you.
One of the most critical skills is the ability to articulate your thoughts and communicate them in a meaningful way, whether in one-on-one conversations or when speaking to a group.
This skill is ranked twice as important as good managerial skills, career-wise.
According to a successful public radio broadcaster, in her popular TED Talk:
"I came to realize that conversational competence might be the single most overlooked skill we fail to teach.”
In this age of information overload, where attention spans have shrunk drastically, there’s little or no margin for error when it comes to mastering your communication.
This is because the better you are at communicating your ideas, the easier it is to hold people’s attention and build connections.
I have spent a lot of time studying how the best communicators do it.