- The ability to speak must be combined with the ability to remain silent when necessary.
- If your interlocutor is irritated, then it is better to keep quiet so as not to irritate him even more. Arguing with an angry person is like adding wood to a fire.
- Be balanced. Listen without interrupting. Never object without listening to your parents or elders, because they are wiser already because they are of a respectable age.
- When you yourself are irritated, it is better to remain silent in order not to irritate the interlocutor even more and not to say something that you will regret later, as well as to avoid a tone that can distort the meaning of what was said.
- When you meet a person, try to say their name several times in a conversation, this will help you remember it better.
- Before entering the office of a stranger, remember their name and address them by name and patronymic.
- When conducting a conversation, call the interlocutor's name more often. For a person, the sound of his own name is the sweetest.
- When talking, show sincere interest. Be friendly.
- Try to find an interesting topic for conversation.
- Be positive, smile, try to understand the interlocutor.
- Remember! The interpersonal distance when communicating with friends is 0.5-1.2 m. The distance for business communication is 1.2-1.7 m.
- When speaking, lean slightly forward and make eye contact.
- Use positive gestures, follow the intonation.
- Never give advice if it is not expected of you.
- Give others a chance to express themselves.
- Never allow yourself to be late. Learn to come on time or a little earlier.
- Don't be a gossip, learn to keep secrets.
- Remember, there is only one way to learn how to speak on stage - not to avoid the stage and practice speaking. After all, in order to learn to swim, you have to go into the water.
- Be curious, learn to ask questions correctly, listen carefully, analyze, answer calmly.
