Interrupting

When you move to a big city, and your social life largely migrates to cramped apartment parties and music-blaring bars, you may find yourself becoming your own worst enemy: an interruptor. Unless you have rare-bird bodily charisma or a god-voice booming enough (or shrill enough) to cut through any din, you may adopt…

This morning I was having a look through my book case and happened upon the superb little book "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Richard Carlson. I decided to open it randomly to see what would come up and a brilliant little chapter entitled "Don't interrupt others or finish

Advice for breaking a bad habit of always interrupting people and becoming a better listener

Even if you don't mean anything by it, interrupting others can irritate them and make you seem selfish or disrespectful. If you have a habit of interrupting people when they speak, focus on listening mindfully and making a conscious effort...

Interrupting

Do you know how to politely interrupt when someone is talking? This lesson provides some different ways to interrupt someone in a conversation you might use in your daily life.

Here are some ways to interrupt someone in a conversation that will allow you to interject and make your point while still being polite to the other members

It was shown in a study at George Washington University that when men were talking with women, they interrupted 33 percent more often than when they were talking with men. The men interrupted women 2.1 times during a three minute conversation. That number dropped to 1.8 when they spoke to other men.

We are all guilty of interrupting – but if we just stopped and listened, argues Nancy Kline, we could radically change the way we live…