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Four-Tips of Quality
Conversation.
I want to conclude our week by giving you four·tips
on how to have a quality conversation with your spouse:
1. Maintain eye contact when your spouse is talking.
That keeps your mind from wandering and communicates that he/she has you
full attention
2. Don't listen to your spouse and do something else
at the same time. Remember, quality time is giving someone your undivided
attention.
3. Listen for feelings. Ask yourself, "what
emotion is my spouse experiencing?" When you think you have the
answer, say: "It sounds to me like you are feeling disappointed
because I forgot ." Now they have a chance to clarify their
feelings.
4. Refuse to interrupt. Recent research has
indicated that the average individual listens for only 17 seconds before
interrupting and interjecting his own ideas. Such interruptions indicate:
"I don't care what you are saying; listen to me.
Such active listening will fill the love tank of the
person whose primary love language is Quality Time.
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