communications – client k

How You React Changes Future Interactions

I have a friend
who expresses extreme irritation
whenever I call or contact her.

So I don’t call or contact her.
I wait for her
to call or contact me.

She told me
recently
our friendship is one-sided.
She always does the reaching out.

Of course, she does
the reaching out.
She has trained me
to not reach out to her.

(And it isn’t one-sided
because I almost always
accept her calls.)

How you react to people
trains them
and changes your future interactions
with them.

If you don’t like
your current interactions,
consider
changing the way
you react.

I’m Listening And Learning

It is human nature
to want to be part
of a conversation.

Yet it is extremely difficult
to contribute
to a conversation
we have no expertise in.

If we have some knowledge
of the topic
we can ask questions
but sometimes
we don’t have
the knowledge to do that.

Often, people bullsh*t
in that situation.
They pretend to have
expertise on the topic
and bungle around,
often detracting from
and harming
the conversation.

I prefer to say
something along the lines
of
“I’m listening
and learning.”

That satisfies the urge
to contribute
and it encourages the conversation.

Listeners DO
contribute to conversations.
When in doubt,
be one.