Effective Communication Skills

• When conversing with others, be efficient with your speaking and remove all filler words.

• Conversation is all about quality, so try to remove all types of filler words.

• Listen to the other person and take pauses to emphasize different parts of the message.

• Branch off into different topics when given the opportunity and be giving the other person opportunities to talk as well.

• Practice conversational threading and you will become better at it over time.

• Questions can be uncomfortable because they make the conversation one sided.

• Statements share information about yourself, which builds rapport and connection.

• The next time you hang out with your friends, you'll notice that the majority of the conversation is with statements.

• Occasionally, a question is thrown in as a natural step in the conversation, but the large majority will be all statements.

Enhance your communication skills by focusing on efficiency, active listening, conversational threading, and the balance between questions and statements. Learn to remove filler words and emphasize key points through pauses.