Teen Out of The Box
I personally train teens via phone, to be "verbally attractive" and better at verbal conversation than most adults.
Three VitaL Verbal Conversation Tips
It’s Easy to Lose Credibility
Personally, and in my work listening and assessing conversations, when someone makes an absolute statement such as “X is the best drummer in the world!” she/he instantly loses credibility. This is subjective: perhaps a belief, not an absolute fact. To me, most of what else this person says may be questionable. Is there an up-to-date list of every drummer in the world with a link to their performances? Even if there were, it is likely to be continuously changing. Even if there were, are we all voting? Who makes the rules?
Stop Talking Too Much
Talking Time: Pay a lot of attention to this!
In your conversations with one other person, if we frequently talk more than 50% of the time, we’re not playing fairly. If that gets up to 75%, we’re turning people off. Learn to take an interest in other people. Share the conversation floor. Learn to ask good questions. Listen to learn.
When someone says something, is it a fact or is it an opinion?
“Muhammad is aggressive.”
On its own, communication specialists have told me they interpret this statement as an “opinion”.
To me, this is labelling a person based on a situation and may be too much a generalization to be factual.
How about this statement/assertion:
“When I was a passenger in Muhammad’s vehicle, he was aggressive.”
To me, we’re giving some context, but now labelling Muhammad as an “aggressive driver.” We’re not there yet.
More specifics please, to provide context for the assertion:
“Muhammad and I were late for a meeting. He was driving slowly. I asked him to hurry up and he started driving aggressively.”
Verbal Attractiveness + Conversation Assessment & Training
What would you like to work on?
Book a 30-minute phone appointment with me for a personalized assessment of your verbal attractiveness and conversation abilities.
When you receive my email of your assessment results and my recommendations, you and I schedule a phone appointment to walk through them. Practice your recommendations.
Within three weeks later, we have a training session via phone appointment.
The minimum amount of time I work on this service is 2 hours 30 minutes.
Cost: $119 CDN 🎪Special Flat Rate
This service for teens begins Monday September 8, 2025. More updates to follow.
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