10+ things that diminish your power
1. Chasing people who have rejected you
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2. Sharing too much information
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3. Repeating yourself
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4. Talking to fill up silence in a conversation
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5. Responding to veiled insult or backhanded compliment
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6. Getting all maudlin
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7. Sharing information with acquittance when a long duration of time has elapsed
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8. Going off topic when a current point has not been fully explored
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9. Cutting people off in conversation
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10. Complaining and gossiping about others
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11. Not concluding a conversation
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12. Parroting the other person word for word
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13. Using qualifiers
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Starting off a sentence with an unneeded qualifier:
I am sorry but
I might be completely wrong but
Maybe it’s just me
Qualifiers discredit your communication, and it signals doubt and a lack of confidence. People may believe that you don’t feel confident in what you’re saying so why should anyone else take you seriously? And you seem untrustworthy.
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