Page 67 - Effective communication Skills by Dale King

If you want to improve the way you communicate with others, be sure you

respond to them in an active constructive way. Show true interest and be
enthusiastic. If you are genuinely happy for them, give them feedback such
as: “That’s great. Well done. I know you worked hard on that presentation.”

You might ask them what went well or to share some of the positive
comment that they got back. When you ask more questions, you let them
relive their experience and you encourage all those positive emotions to come
back up.

Allow them to feel all the positive emotions and happiness.

Improving Communications in Romantic

Relationships

Communication that is unhealthy usually begins with difficult emotions or
negative thoughts instead of words. If you have been in a romantic

relationship for a long time, you probably think you know your partner better
than they know themselves. You can anticipate how they are going to react in
specific situations. The way you think they are might cause you to miss
opportunities to discover them all over again.

This can cause a negative impact on the ways you communicate within a
romantic relationship. Relationships are about staying curious about who
your partner is and the way they view the world. After some time, is it

possible to see your partner differently?

Marva Collins was an American educator who was known for her teaching
method. She worked with troubled and impoverished students who had a hard
time succeeding during school. The way she taught helped them succeed. Her
approach can be valuable in all relationships.

At the start of every semester, she would tell her students that they had
received their grades for the entire year already. She had given them all top

marks, and all they had to do for the entire semester was doing whatever it
took not to lose these grades.

Instead of making the students prove they could get good grades, she told
them that she had faith in them and they deserved to have a good education.
This was very inspiring and motivating to the students.