How to Stop Over Explaining

02/24/22 • 5 min

Crash Courses in Communication with Alex Perry

How to Avoid Over Explaining Here are a few things you can do that will help.

1.) Write down what you're going to say before you say it. 2.) Pause. Take a breath and ask yourself, "Does the person in front of me need to know this?" 3.) Follow cues if a person looks confused, bored, or overwhelmed; stop. Ask a question or allow them to speak.

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How to Avoid Over Explaining Here are a few things you can do that will help.

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How to Avoid Email Hell

If you find yourself in email hell on a regular basis, you aren't alone. Email sucks away the life of many an employee. On average, you're receiving about eighty emails a day, sending close to forty and it's sucking away about 28% of your work time. (read more here). You already know that email doesn't improve your communication efficiency but did you know that research shows email is only 7 percent effective as talking. So do you keep using it when it doesn't make sense? Let me make this super simple... if you want to get yourself out of email hell pick up the phone. Yes, that means you'll have to use your actual voice, words, and thoughts with another human. You might have to navigate confusion, emotion, or even conflict. You are perfectly capable of doing that. And, the likelihood that won't create further confusion, emotion, or conflict will go down dramatically. Your efficiency and productivity will increase, and if you do this enough,...you might even get better at talking.

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How to Handle a Difficult Conversation

The more you ignore problems, the bigger they get. It’s not easier... Its avoidance. If this is you... you're not alone. "A 2017 survey of 1,344 full-time employees sponsored by Quantum Workplace and Fierce Conversations found that 53 percent of employees are handling “toxic” situations by ignoring them." There's a better way. Instead of avoiding, mentally rehearsing for weeks on end, or having sidebar conversations (aka vent sessions with your homies), try this instead; 1.) schedule the convo (keep it short) 2.) prepare (three bullet points, no b.s.) 3.) meet (things won't get better if you don't) 4.) determine next steps (because you can't solve it all in 30 min) 5.) follow through (things won't get better if you don't) Simple. Not easy. But then again, neither is living with the frustration and resentment that comes with avoiding a difficult conversation

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