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How work experiences impact communication

How work experiences impact communication

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How work experiences impact communication

- Did you have a bad experience once speaking up at work and that pretty much scared you in not wanting to speak up again? Did you do a presentation once and you felt like it was such a nerve-wracking experience or did you speak up once in a meeting and you felt that everybody was just looking at you funny? These negative experiences and feelings, they tend to stick with us a bit longer than positive experiences but the thing is even though they may have been bad experiences, you can't let those experiences cripple us from moving forward. So how do you separate yourselves from the past experiences that you had so that you can move forward? There are a few things to think about. If you know you're going to be walking into a meeting and it's important for you to speak up but you just keep thinking about the last time you spoke up, just remember that that was then and this is now. It's a brand new day and it's a brand new…

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