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Communication Faults: 100 Communication Mistakes People Make – Part 3

March 4, 2010 by · Leave a Comment 

How have you gone so far in working through the first 40 Comminucations Mistakes?

Following on from Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, here we are to look at mistakes 41 – 60.

41 – 50 No Warmth

  • Cold, icy
  • No personality, flat, no fizz
  • Measured, controlled
  • Suspicious, distrusting
  • Negative, jaded, acerbic
  • Quickly points out flaws
  • Rigid
  • Highly technical language
  • Analytical; logic without feelings
  • Judges, labels, compartmentalises

51 – 60 Weak Listener

  • Listens too hard
  • Listens only for the familiar; misses subtlety
  • Can’t multiprocess (can only hear one idea, subject, or problem at a time)
  • Listens ignorantly (not sure what to listen for)
  • Doesn’t echo (person doesn’t feel heard)
  • Always preparing a response; misses what is being said
  • Reacts negatively, stops listening
  • Distracted by environment
  • Interrupts too much
  • Corrects too much

Use this checklist to strengthen your effectiveness or as part of your professional development. As you use this list, you will discover that each item leads to a person’s heart and soul. If one’s eyes are mirrors of the soul, communication is a mirror of the mind.

Stay tuned next week for Poor Speaker and Wrong Focus.

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