![]() Practice compassionate listening exercises: You and a partner can each take three to five minutes to share a personal story.However, little gestures such as putting your phone face down so you can’t see messages or notifications come through or turning away from your computer screen can help you be more focused and attentive. Put away distractions: This can be difficult since we are constantly surrounded by distractions.However, this can be quite invalidating to people because a lot of the time they just want to be understood and listened to. We often want to help others which is why we’re quick to offer solutions. Give advice only if required: Don’t try to solve the problem or give advice unless that is what the person is asking for.Try to validate: While giving someone your undivided attention can be validating in and of itself, being able to acknowledge how someone’s thoughts and feelings are understandable given their history or current circumstances can be quite meaningful.Use nonverbal gestures: Using nonverbal cues, such as making eye contact and occasionally nodding your head, can communicate that you are listening and paying attention.If you’re not sure what to ask, you can try to think of who, what, when, where, or how questions. Ask questions: Asking relevant, open-ended questions shows that you are listening and responding in a thoughtful way.Summarize what you are hearing: Repeating in your own words what you heard the other person say can communicate that you’re engaged and gives the other person an opportunity to clarify any misunderstandings.Letting go of judgments and assumptions will also help you become more curious. Let go of judgments and assumptions: When you judge and assume things, you essentially close the door to new information which means you are less likely to pay attention and listen.In doing so, you might notice that you automatically become even more curious and interested in what the person is saying. Be curious: Adopting a curious mindset allows you to truly listen and understand.You can practice it simply by noticing what has your attention in the moment is it the person speaking to you or something else? If your attention is on something else, you can gently redirect your focus back to the person by noticing the changes in their voice, the words they use, and their nonverbal expressions. Practice mindfulness: Mindfulness helps you be more present.Set an intention to improve: Setting a clear goal to work on your listening skills can help you think more concretely about how, when, and who you can practice with.“I so appreciate your help.”- This is casual but could also be used to speak with a colleague.“I just want to say how grateful I am that you _.”.“I don’t know how to thank you for helping me with this.”.“Thank you for going out of your way to help me with this.”. ![]() “Thank you for going to so much trouble.”.This would be fine to say to a colleague. You mean “thank you for going to so much trouble.” When you say, “thank you for your trouble” it’s clear that this is not using the word “trouble” in the negative sense. Maybe she stayed late at work until 2 am to help you prepare for a presentation when she didn’t have to. Let’s assume we’re at work thanking a colleague, but the colleague has gone beyond what she was expected to do to help you. We need to know a little bit more context.Īre you at work thanking a colleague for completing a project?Īre you thanking a neighbor for doing you a favor? Will it be ok to use it?Īnd could you recommend another phrase to thank for somebody? I know the ‘trouble’ has various definition, and the word in the context is not a real trouble(negative). I just worry if a native speaker misunderstand about the word ‘trouble’. I wanted to use “Thank you for your trouble.” when I really thanks for someone’s work. I have a question about the word ‘trouble’. Here is our listener question from today: Today we’ll show you all of the right words and phrases to use. Do you want to be able to say thank you to a colleague and express your gratitude in a way that will build the connection with the person?
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