How To Make Others Listen When Talking

Illustration of ways for others to listen when talking (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA Listening and being heard are activities related to communication. Someone who talks, let's hear, turns out to require certain methods or tricks. Of course this is not taught formally at school from an early age. But in principle, we know that reciting harsh sentences, crying, and hand movements, is basically a technique of gathering attention. To hear other people when talking, here are tips and methods.

It is very important to read what the audience wants. Listeners will certainly ignore what they hear if the theme is not one frequency. That is, first identify who your listeners are. Then prepare an effective communication strategy. Like a matter of light language selection, easy to understand by your audience, and how you convey can be accepted by listeners.

Raising attention is the first step. To keep listeners focused on listening, enjoy your style of speech. According to Team David, reported by Psychology Today, Sunday, June 9, find the listeners' motivation, the 'fight' will be won.

A listener likes to catch new things. For that, while explaining, explaining projects, or being providing material, it is very important to think about what motivations other people listen to. Is it because of the theme, or is there any need for them to be answered by talking to you. That way, other people will listen to what you say, so that the influence and teachings are greater understood.

At first, the situation would feel awkward. Because, you don't really pay attention to but think what will be said to be a response. But over time you get used to it. Even if the conversation has a difficult theme, it can be meaningful if the conversation is in two directions and strengthens the connection network.

The best way to predict the future is to choose your current actions. So it's important not to just say words, but words are contains and meaningful. For example, by predicting future needs and reasonable conversation themes. Without these two things, or without preparation, conversations in a business context or important interaction in a relationship, can fail before it starts.

It is important to understand, communication is not soft skills, but skills that can be learned like other new skills. An important part of communication that needs to be maintained, is authenticity, not moral and ethical comments.