Yesterday Big Sister and I went with a friend and her son to the local museum to check out a neat, kid-friendly exhibit. As we were walking, and I felt like I was talking mostly about myself, I realized how socially intelligent this friend is. Do you ever talk to people who only want to talk about themselves? One of the most difficult aspects of conversation is to not interrupt with something you're excited about, especially when the person you are talking to is talking about a related matter. On the way home, I made a concerted effort to let my friend tell me what was going on with her. And you know what? It was great!
Then today, my husband shared this post from an economist's blog about social intelligence.
DH and I have discussed that one of our most important goals as parents is to raise socially intelligent children. In my family there is the tendency for all of us to say what we want without thinking about whether or not others want to hear about it. I've gotten a little better at this, but sometimes I can't help just blurting stuff out (hence all my schpeils about natural childbirth!)
I really enjoyed reading this article, and it made me think about how I can improve my friendships through raising my EQ (emotional intellience!) What do you think?
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Do you think that's why blogs are so popular? Because we can all talk and talk and talk about ourselves and no one will interrupt us? We just leave comments at the end of a post, when the author is done "talking" (I am not saying this is necessarily bad, maybe it is a good way to get our thoughts out, so that we can be better listeners in person??)
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