Question

What Are The Characteristics Of A Conversation

Answer 1

Answer:

characteristics of a conversation

Explanation:

1. Be Fully Present in the Conversation

Finding common ground requires listening; you need to be fully present in the moment. Setting boundaries that allow you to be wholeheartedly engaged in the conversation, not distracted by your phone or another problem you’re thinking about in your head changes the nature of how you listen.

2. Realize and Vocalize the Things You Agree On

It’s difficult to find common ground when we focus on the things we disagree about. But if we take a step back, we realize that despite our differences, we actually agree about more things than we disagree about.

For example, we all believe in human dignity. We all agree that what’s best for people is what’s best. We may not always agree on what’s best for people. But we can all agree that what’s best for people is what’s best.

3. Seek Understanding More than Being Right

If both people are more concerned about being right than they are understanding one another, no one wins. However, when we approach the conversation in a posture of trying to truly understand the other person, we create a path toward finding a solution. Creating the environment for a common ground conversation requires laying down your need to be right.

4. Honor the Other Person

Honor isn’t really a concept we use when talking about personal relationships anymore. And yet, we all long to feel important and valued.

We must remember that conversation is about more than the topic that is discussed. When we seek to honor the other person, despite their brokenness and flaws, it allows us to not only create a more pleasant conversation, but add value to their lives.

5. Commit to Communicate with Kindness

Kindness is more than being nice or defaulting to the other person’s point of view. It’s about bringing goodness into the conversation. Even if it’s a difficult conversation with differing points of view, there is a way to be kindhearted in the way you say things or how you respond.