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VAPECOMMUNICATE :
COMMUNICATIVE APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING COMMON GROUND WITH NON-BELIEVERS & THE OPPOSITION
WORDS & PHOTOS BY TONY OTTOMANELLI II
“ Understanding the Significance of Expressing Effective Interpersonal Communication Skills ” is first and foremost , absolute and without a doubt , our best chance for the Vaping community to utilize as a tool for advocating in favor of the Vaping lifestyle , so that other people , primarily non-Vapers can fully comprehend our well-meaning intentions . Often times , attempting to discuss all the things we believe to be amazing about the vape life are also often times seemingly very dull to others who are non-vapers . A solid 80 % of the time a vaper attempts to discuss all the fascinating features involved with vaping to a non-vaper , that individual who does not partake in the vaping lifestyle will begin to appear to be uninterested , which is highly detectable from their body language . In turn , these sorts of reactions from another will catch a vaper off-guard and begin to lower their selfconfidence pertaining to the information they ’ re sharing . As a social experiment , next time you are face-to-face with one who does not vape , feel free to strike up a conversation about vaping - telling them all about your most recently purchased device and all it ' s features as well as all the health benefits , making it a point to inform them how much better you feel now that you are not smoking . Guaranteed one of the only things the non-vaper will be able to recite about that interaction is the fact that you quit smoking . This could be a result of many different factors . One primary reason is that the non-vaper knows nothing about vaping and do not care to know , so they ultimately have nothing to contribute to the conversation unfortunately . When you ’ re engaging in social intrapersonal communication , the other must be engaged as well . Therefore , to get them involved and engaged in the dialogue , simply begin with questions , closeended , yes or no questions , then move onto open-ended questions that allows them to share their thoughts and feelings on the matter in more detail . Regardless , the problematic scenario at hand is that we , the vapers , are approaching ways to vape-communicate all wrong . The process of efficient approaches to vape-communicate are essential for our cause of advocating
“ As a social experiment , next time you are face-to-face with one who does not vape , feel free to strike up a conversation about vaping - telling them all about your most recently purchased device and all it ' s features as well as all the health benefits , making it a point to inform them how much better you feel now that you are not smoking .”
for the vaping lifestyle . Thus , this article features an explanation of what happens when two people have a discussion , what messages get through , the science behind first impressions , how easily the receiver of information
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