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During a conversation I sometimes find myself thinking of a question and keeping it in my head while the other person is talking. This can distract me from listening to what they’re actually saying can making an effective conversation. By being aware of this I can fix it and learn how to make a better conversation than before

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This skill can be challenging for me because I can easily be distracted by something that is happening around me or I might be thinking of something else in my mind. Sometimes I might zone out and not hear everything someone says. I think that a way that I can improve is to try to think of the thing the person I’m listening to is talking about so that I can pay attention to what they are saying.

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Not repeating myself will be challenging for me in class discussion because I tend to overemphasize certain points. I also tend to repeat myself when I feel nervous or when I am trying to think of something to say, which makes it seem I am rambling on and on about just one idea and not letting the conversation flow naturally.
In this class, I will try to be more aware of what I am saying and not to repeat the same idea over and over. I will also think before I speak, so that I will not have to remember where I was going when I bring up a certain point.

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I have trouble not repeating myself because sometimes I have trouble properly conveying my message. How I will commit to overcoming this is to think beforehand of the point I want to get across and maybe how I will go about that before I talk.

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This can be difficult in a conversation when you feel the conversation is not going anywhere important and you want to bring the conversation back to your main idea. But in doing so you eliminate the importance of what other people are talking. It helps to just remember that your not the only one who wants to talk

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I tend to struggle with letting go of thoughts that pass through my mind, especially if they correlate with the topic being discussed. Instead I’m going to use the idea that if the idea is important, it’ll come back.

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I am really bad at not relating my one experiences to other people’s. This is one of those things where I just have to practice remembering to not talk about myself because it might make others feel less important or something along those lines.

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Multitasking is the thing that I need to work on the most, because there are constantly many different things running through my mind at one time, and so I try to get everything done at once. So when someone is telling me something, I will be listening to them, but I will also be trying to think of something else at the same time, such as something about the upcoming football practice, or the homework assignment that I have to finish later.

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I think this will be one of the hardest of these things for me to overcome because when I share an experience after people, I don’t think I am saying that we are exactly the same or that our experiences are the same, instead I am trying to connect to the person. I understand though how it can sound like I don’t really care about what happened to them, but instead sound like I am trying to make the conversation all about me.

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To not multi-task is difficult for I get easily distracted and focused on different things rather then the current discussion. I also have many things on my mind that keep me not fully present in the conversation

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Sometimes when I am speaking with my thoughts out loud I can repeat myself. I can try to combat this by processing some of my thoughts in advance before speaking.

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When discussing uncomfortable situations such as the loss of a loved one, I often panic and try to relate to them. It is hard for me not to do this because it seems like the easiest way for me to end the awkwardness.

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There are times in class where I don’t have anything to add to the conversation that someone else hasn’t already said so I feel myself getting distracted

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Go with the flow the more u think about it or the more time you take to make the conversation more interesting the more the other person gets distracted or un interested
Grace Smith

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I think multi+tasking will be the hardest one for me to master because in conversations my mind tends to wander. In order to help fix that I will work on trying to actually listen to what someone is saying and give them my full attention.

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Repeating myself is normally challenging because I sometimes get nervous in the conversation especially if I do not know the person that well, so I just keep talking too long. I will commit to overcoming this challenge by trying to stay focused on my point when I am talking so I will know to stop when I have explained my point.

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This skill is usually challenging for me because there is always a lot going on and sometimes it gets hard to focus because I get distracted. To overcome this challenge, I will make a more conscious effort to focus on conversation when I am in one.

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I feel I repeat myself a lot if a point I make doesn’t get a reaction or if I feel like I have nothing else to say. Instead I can keep things shorter and not feel the need to keep that same conversation going

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I struggle most with not doing something else while listening. I get bored very easily during a conversation and find myself fidgeting or finding something else to do while I listen. I will try my hardest to be completely focused on listening and blocking our all other distractions.

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My mind tends to go to other things when other people are talking or I get distracted if I see a fly or someone moving. I’m going to work on being present in the moment so that I don’t get distracted. I will not look or think about anything else besides the person and or conversation we’re having.

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It can be hard for me to not think ahead or about something else that I have planned later in the day, but I can try to overcome this by engaging more when people tell stories and talk to me. I can ask them questions and respond with input of my own.

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This is most challenging for me because I don’t have the best memory and I tend to forget things easily, especially thing I’ve said. This leads me to repeat myself either in one conversation, or over a period of time. Typically when someone calls me out on it I will stop, but it is hard for me to realize I am repeating myself.

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I tend to find myself over explaining something or trying to say too many things at once which jumbles up my words and makes what I’m saying confusing. To fix that I can focus on the more important details, and leave out the ones that are unnecessary or can be assumed.

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I feel this is the most challenging for me so I think I will try to exclude small details and remind myself that if someone wants the details they will just ask.

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One thing that I have trouble with during conversations is not multitasking. I keep on thinking of different things while the other person keeps on talking, so in order to get over this difficulty, I will try to clear my mind while talking to others so that their words are the only thing on my mind, and I will practice that when I want to have good conversations.