Conversation not flowing? Try a different modality!

If you’ve tried everything to get the conversation flowing and yet you keep coming up with a blank wall or conflict, you may be speaking a different ‘modality’ language.

WATCH this short video and learn how to modify your language to engage others in their preferred ways of perceiving, processing and conveying information. grasp how these different modalities work. Next time you can’t get the conversation flowing, use the techniques to mirror the other person’s preferences and see your communication improve.

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