No (wo)man is an island. We are social beings, reliant on each other for practical needs but also for emotional well-being. The more options we have to connect with others, the more we are able to create and maintain the connections we need for our well-being.
Conversation is an essential form of social interaction, except perhaps for the Finns and some teenage boys.* So your approach to conversation is important for your well-being.
Your approach to conversation can leave people wanting more, it can leave them feeling neutral/okay, or it can make them feel like avoiding you.
Whatever your medium of conversation - face to face, Twitter etc. - the acid test is whether other people want to interact with you again, or not. If they don't, you risk a slippery slope to isolation.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
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