For this assignment, I observed myself over the course of two days to identify my skill levels and quality of interpersonal listening behaviors. Before I began this experiment, I knew I had several presumptions on the way I listen to others. To reduce the impact of these presumptions on my ability to observe my behaviors, I began to determine and isolate these beliefs. After this initial preparation, I began my experiment of observing myself anytime I interacted with anyone. Over the next two days, I gained numerous insights, some surprising and some confirming, on the ways in which I interpersonally communicate with others. As I began my experiment, I immediately noticed that there are two main ways all of my communications happen: in-person
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Even though I might be talking to a friend, when I receive a notification on my phone, I abruptly pause the conversation and direct all of my attention to my phone. Most of the times, the notification isn’t important and can wait; it is rarely more important than the conversation I am having with the friend. Somehow, I have become so attached to my phone that I have begun to prioritize my phone over my friends. I have come to realize that this behavior is extremely impolite and deters interpersonal connection between my and my friends. After this realization, I have begun to reduce the amount of emphasis I place on my phone over in-person conversations and surprisingly, I already feel relieved and well connected with everyone around …show more content…
Through this assignment, I have learned the things I do well and the few things I can improve on when interacting with others. I have become much more aware of my habitual behaviors of being distracted in a conversations and understood how it leads to a disconnect between the speaker and I. Through the intentional experiment I was required to conduct, I now know how productive and stimulating a conversation can be when every one is fully invested. I intend on incorporating more of these intentional experiments in my daily life until it becomes a part of
Even though I might be talking to a friend, when I receive a notification on my phone, I abruptly pause the conversation and direct all of my attention to my phone. Most of the times, the notification isn’t important and can wait; it is rarely more important than the conversation I am having with the friend. Somehow, I have become so attached to my phone that I have begun to prioritize my phone over my friends. I have come to realize that this behavior is extremely impolite and deters interpersonal connection between my and my friends. After this realization, I have begun to reduce the amount of emphasis I place on my phone over in-person conversations and surprisingly, I already feel relieved and well connected with everyone around …show more content…
Through this assignment, I have learned the things I do well and the few things I can improve on when interacting with others. I have become much more aware of my habitual behaviors of being distracted in a conversations and understood how it leads to a disconnect between the speaker and I. Through the intentional experiment I was required to conduct, I now know how productive and stimulating a conversation can be when every one is fully invested. I intend on incorporating more of these intentional experiments in my daily life until it becomes a part of