reverse_engineering_a_conversation.docx Reverse Engineering A Conversation Western Governors University Reverse Engineering A Conversation Active listening is just as important in a conversation as getting our own po
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reverse_engineering_a_conversation.docx Reverse Engineering A Conversation Western Governors University Reverse Engineering A Conversation Active listening is just as important in a conversation as getting our own point across. Having a discussion with another person is almost like a dance, especially a conversation that turns into an argument. When a conversation turns into an argument, we have a choice to make. We can either overly appease the other person to end the conversation, we can be brutally honest to make sure our point gets across, we can actively listen to the other persons side, or we can clarify the problem and figure out a way to create a common ground between the two sides. These types of conversation strategies can be gauged on a conversation meter. The categories I have described above are pretense, sincerity, accuracy, and authenticity. In pretense, the focus is to avoid difficulties. One may intentionally lie in order to decrease a threat in the conversation. In sincerity, one can tend to be brutally honest and knock heads with the other person to get their opinion across. In this category, the person does not care about hearing the other persons side of the argument and does not tend to care about the other persons feelings. These two categories are the lower side of the conversation scale. Our goal is to move into the next two categories. The third is accuracy, where you can reveal and retrieve facts about each side of the argument and compare explanations. In this stage, one can start to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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