【推荐1】How to Improve Communication Skills

Communication is just as basic as food and drink.     1     Here’s how you can improve your communication skills.

Say what’s On Your Mind

    2    The need to be politically correct runs supreme and often tends to keep personal opinions withdrawn from the conversation. The prime purpose of being able to communicate effectively is to be able to express your personal opinions in the given matter. Limiting your thought process for the sake of catering for tends have a bad influence on communication skills in the long run.

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Every conversationalist believes that the perfect way to engage audiences is to maintain eye contact with them.Looking at people in the eyes tends to draw their wavering attentions to the conversation at hand. If you want to improve your communication skills, remember to engage your audiences by directly looking at them. Eye contact ties the speaker to the masses with an invisible bond and forces them to pay attention.     4    

Be A Good Listener

Communication is hardly a one-way process. Listening is as important as speaking. In fact, most communication experts believe that an ideal communicator tends to listen more than speak.     5    Not only does it make the communicating experience richer but also makes you more sympathetic to the other person. In board rooms and important meetings, cautious listening could help you achieve the success that even polished speaking may not.

By following the steps suggested above, you will be able to improve your communication skills for good.

【推荐2】Parents should help their children understand money.     1     So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.

Tell them the basic use of money.

Begin explaining the use of money by showing how people buy things. If your child wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the saleswoman    2     When your child grows a bit older and understands the use of money, you can start explaining more ways of using money.

Give them money lessons.

Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.     3     If you must say no to a child's request to spend money, explain, “You have enough toy trucks for now.”or “You have to make a choice between this and that toy.”

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Begin at a store. Pick out two similar brands of a product—a name brand butter and a generic (无商标产品),for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands（牌子）of a product so that you can save money.     5     If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to buy other things with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.