Avoid phubbing - phone snubbing to have better conversations
Summary
- Phone snubbing means constantly interrupting a conversation to check your phone.
Details
- It is disruptive to good conversations
- In one study, even having your phone in sight on the table or in your hand results in reduced feelings of empathy and thus less fulfilling conversations
- participants reported more distraction and less enjoyment of the conversation.
References
- [wired](Read Original)
- observational study
- Cues - Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication - Vanessa Van Edwards
Quotes
The practice of “phubbing”—or phone snubbing, constantly interrupting a conversation to check your smartphone—is similarly disruptive. In one observational study, researchers watched 100 pairs of participants conversing in local coffee shops. Some naturally took out their phones and held them in their hands or placed them on the table, while others left them out of sight. At the end of the conversation, the researchers asked each person to fill out a questionnaire exploring the experience, and they found that the mere presence of the phones on the table reduced the pair’s feelings of empathy for each other, resulting in a less fulfilling conversation.
Related
- The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard. Some of the best talkers are, on this account, the worst company - William Hazlitt
- Listen patiently as Jehovah listened to Abraham
- Listen to others even if they have faulty reasoning
- Listen to others opinions even if you dont agree - Nelson Mandela
- When you listen to people listen fully
- When we listen fully the speaker communicates differently
- Compliment to listen to others opinion - David Henry Thoreau