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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : Karen Wilson Pool
Genre : Karen's Books, Self-Help
I’ve written How to Make Communication Easier to encourage individuals who want to improve their communication skills with family, friend, and work relationships. Through the use and practice of these assertive skills, any relationship can be improved and enriched. Â Have you had difficulty expressing your opinion in a group? Has it ever been complicated for you to be clear about what you want or think or feel? Have you had trouble expressing what you feel in a heated discussion with a loved one? Learning these assertive communication skills helps you acquire the social skills that will enable you to express yourself comfortably and smoothly in situations that have previously made you feel anxious and inhibited.
How to Make Communication Easier is the final book in my “How to” series. The first was How to Make Writing Easier, the second, How to Make Financial Independence Easier.. These books are created from presentations, workshops, and classes I taught while a university professor. It condenses all my efforts over two decades into three easy-to-read and practice books.
“The most basic skill in being assertive is using I instead of you, it, or we. When you use the word ‘I,’ you are accepting responsibility for your feelings and not likely to emit a put-down expression such as ‘I feel upset,’ instead of ‘You are rude,’ or ‘I don’t understand,’ instead of ‘You must be crazy.’ Learning this kind of communication is not a short-term process. Practicing and developing these skills will help make your relationships easier and more fulfilling.”
“Listening assertively means that you release your personal agendas in order to be quiet in your mind while someone else is thinking. Usually, as soon as someone shares a concern or feeling, you may be conditioned to go into problem-solving mode, or judgment, rather than attentive curiosity. Even if you are silent while another speaks, your ‘thinking wheels’ are probably churning up ideas. When you listen with full attention, others are able to sort through the clutter and obstacles until they see clearly what they want to have happen.”
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