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After reading this article carefully from the Listen First Project, I have learned many new converstation tips. Looking more specifiaclly at https://www.listenfirstproject.org/tips (Links to an external site.) focusing on the first tip of "Allow others the courtesy of silence while they are speaking" is the most important in my opinion. It can be hard if it is something you are passionate  and excited about and just twant to talk about it but it is not poliet and can cause negative feelings. Also in an argument it is difficukt to let the other person finish talking but no matter how much you want to interrupt, like the article said, replace it with a"mhm" so you get that respect back when you are talking. Interuppting shows your words mean more than theirs in a converstaion. It shows you appear uncontrolled in a way as well. Another good tip I liked from this article was "Fully engage, free of distractions". This one is very important to me because I really dont like when I am talking to someone and I can tell they are not fully engaged. For example, I was having a very personal convestation with someone and in the middle of me talking, they pull out their phone and go on instagram. This is very unpoliet and shows disrepsect. If you are distracted during a converstaionit shows that you are not intersted in the converstaion and that you dont really care what the other person is saying.

 

I found an artcile that shows really good examples of why interupting is more harmful than you think. It states how "You lose the chance to hear something that could prove your counterpoint wrong."  This is showing how you may think you know it all but the other person can really teach you something but you would never know if you interupt them. It is very intertesing to meet new people and hear what they have to say about things and what they think. You gain knowledge and wisdom from listeing to multiple people. It also explains how rude you appear if you interupt. It also shows you being "egotistical" and how you think you are infeior to them.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-life/202101/interrupting-is-more-harmful-you-think (Links to an external site.)