Take These 5 Simple Strategies and Make Your Conversations Easy!

Here’s how

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Imagine you are planning to talk through something difficult with someone important.

Perhaps you have to tell your partner to change the way they’re treating you, or you need to talk with your friend who betrayed you, or you have to apologise for breaking a promise.

But you are having difficulty having these conversations.

You are feeling anxious about these talks and unsure of the outcome that might arise.

These talks are making you feel edgy or jittery all day, unable to shift your focus on other important things.

Sounds familiar?

If so, some basic communication strategies can almost help you to keep your difficult conversations open, clear, directed, and productive.

Here are 5 strategies to make your difficult conversations easier than before!

1. Be clear in your mind

First and foremost, identify what you are trying to achieve through this conversation.

Whether you’d like to ask your spouse to stop making fun of you in social gatherings, or you’d like to ask your boss to stop intruding into your personal life.