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Improve your communication

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Are you the friend nobody tells their poblems to because you're little to no help at all? Try active listening! Understanding it is so easy, and putting it to practice is even easier. After you dominate all these skills you will be the friend people trust and tell their problems to, read the article below in order to find out!

Skills to develop:

-Show empathy: put yourself in the other person's position

-Paraphrase: verify what you understood with the other person; "so, you feel sad.."

-Give words of support so the other person feels better

REMEMBER TO:

BE ASSERTIVE!

Assertiveness means saying things in the correct way at the correct time.