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Yakk · 03-11-2004, 11:57 AM

Talking on the phone with someone is almost like telepathy: your communication doesn't get filtered by body language. You have the option of having your entire world become the other person's voice.

Well, if you can pull that off: I've rarely succeeded.

My personal problem with talking on the phone is just an exageration of my usual problem when talking with people: I tend to think of 2 or 3 things at any one time, and I can get caught up in it.

When they are in front of me, I can think of how they are physically acting and what they are saying, which keeps my head somewhat busy... I can also think about the implications of what they are saying, walk along (short, ideally) tangents, etc. Which gives me my quota of things to think about.

When I'm talking on the phone, I can't think about their body language, so it becomes that much harder to concentrate on them.

If I don't watch it, I get caught up in a world of thought, rather than in what they are communicating.

<- ADD posterchild maybe? =p~

It does mean I am far better at out-of-sync communication than I am at live communication.

Anyone have any techniques that might help with this sort of problem?

03-11-2004, 11:57 AM	#19 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	Talking on the phone with someone is almost like telepathy: your communication doesn't get filtered by body language. You have the option of having your entire world become the other person's voice. Well, if you can pull that off: I've rarely succeeded. My personal problem with talking on the phone is just an exageration of my usual problem when talking with people: I tend to think of 2 or 3 things at any one time, and I can get caught up in it. When they are in front of me, I can think of how they are physically acting and what they are saying, which keeps my head somewhat busy... I can also think about the implications of what they are saying, walk along (short, ideally) tangents, etc. Which gives me my quota of things to think about. When I'm talking on the phone, I can't think about their body language, so it becomes that much harder to concentrate on them. If I don't watch it, I get caught up in a world of thought, rather than in what they are communicating. <- ADD posterchild maybe? =p~ It does mean I am far better at out-of-sync communication than I am at live communication. Anyone have any techniques that might help with this sort of problem? __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.