Direct vs Indirect Communication

Direct vs Indirect Communication
Looking at the different communication styles and prompting scenarios

There isn’t a good or bad way to communicate, but it can be helpful to notice how you typically communicate and how the other people around you communicate. And you might notice there are different scenarios where one communication style works better than the other.

Here are some examples of the thought process that might be behind different communication styles.

Here are some prompts for direct to indirect communication and vice versa as well as some prompts

Lastly and importantly let’s consider the double empathy problem- check out this great post from Frontiers.

It is the job of both/all communication partners to work to try and understand each other, not just one party.

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