For many of us, it has been a year where conversations and communication has become seemingly more difficult than ever before, where we feel isolated and sometimes anxious, and we may feel isolated more often than not. Most of our communication these days is facilitated by a keyboard on a device, or the screen of a web meeting. These may feel like daunting obstacles, but what if this was actually a time where we could get better and better at having deeper, meaningful conversations? What if this was a time where we could hone in our communication skills and go really deep with those in our lives? What if we could make the excuse to get to know others deeply that live miles upon miles away?
David Brooks shares some non-obvious ways to have deeper conversations, and as relational people, we can all benefit from employing even just a few of these ideas in our next encounter.
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