Work communication sucks because you have the competing tensions of “you have to listen to this person because it’s your job to and it would look bad on you if you don’t” and “it feels like this person is doing everything in their power to make listening to them a grueling experience.” Then there’s also the tension of “The time im spending here is time I could be doing my actual job.” I run into this a lot at work
I dont have perfect solutions for that. People have mentioned mindfulness, and yeah thats probably the healthiest way of coping. But for work specifically, ive found writing while people talk helps, since people see that and act differently. I also treat it as a bit of a memory game where i try to recall what they said earlier in the convo to keep myself interested.
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Work communication sucks because you have the competing tensions of “you have to listen to this person because it’s your job to and it would look bad on you if you don’t” and “it feels like this person is doing everything in their power to make listening to them a grueling experience.” Then there’s also the tension of “The time im spending here is time I could be doing my actual job.” I run into this a lot at work
I dont have perfect solutions for that. People have mentioned mindfulness, and yeah thats probably the healthiest way of coping. But for work specifically, ive found writing while people talk helps, since people see that and act differently. I also treat it as a bit of a memory game where i try to recall what they said earlier in the convo to keep myself interested.
edits: how can you tell I turned my auto correct off recently?