Overcoming Anxiety in Conversations: Practical Tips for Success

19 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by TJ Walker offering practical advice for managing anxiety during one-on-one conversations: breathe, actively listen for nuance, pause briefly before responding, avoid trying to be overly clever or memorized, and offer one clear, relevant point while checking the listener’s understanding.

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What do you do if it's a one on one conversation and all of a sudden you're feeling anxious? Well, for starters, don't put pressure on yourself to have the perfect comeback. Say something witty, or be able to answer every single thing. Instead, just breathe. Listen to the person. Make sure you're really getting their nuance. Then, when they're done, you don't have to respond instantly. You can in fact take a second. Take two seconds. Think about what you want to say. Then don't try to use fancy words or memorize anything. Instead, just say one thing of interest to that person and really look at them to make sure. Are they understanding? Do they get it? Do they have a question.