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At work, in your personal life… Everyday life is full of awkward situations: how would you react to them?
During a cocktail party, you spill champagne on your neighbor. Is it a good idea to joke about your clumsiness?
Answer A: Absolutely not: it would only make things worse.
Answer B: Yes: humor helps in navigating the trickiest situations.
Answer C: Yes, but not only: also make amends.
Right !
Answer: C.
The ability to laugh at yourself and your clumsiness is a good way to handle an awkward situation. Humor eases tensions, strengthens bonds, and enhances emotional attunement between individuals. However, don’t forget to also offer to fix the damage caused (like taking the jacket to the dry cleaners) to show you take the consequences of your clumsiness seriously.
The ability to laugh at yourself and your clumsiness is a good way to handle an awkward situation. Humor eases tensions, strengthens bonds, and enhances emotional attunement between individuals. However, don’t forget to also offer to fix the damage caused (like taking the jacket to the dry cleaners) to show you take the consequences of your clumsiness seriously.
Wrong !
Answer: C.
The ability to laugh at yourself and your clumsiness is a good way to handle an awkward situation. Humor eases tensions, strengthens bonds, and enhances emotional attunement between individuals. However, don’t forget to also offer to fix the damage caused (like taking the jacket to the dry cleaners) to show you take the consequences of your clumsiness seriously.
The ability to laugh at yourself and your clumsiness is a good way to handle an awkward situation. Humor eases tensions, strengthens bonds, and enhances emotional attunement between individuals. However, don’t forget to also offer to fix the damage caused (like taking the jacket to the dry cleaners) to show you take the consequences of your clumsiness seriously.
In the middle of a conversation, you mix up your interlocutor’s name with someone else’s.
Answer A: You acknowledge your mistake: "Well, that's awkward! Sorry."
Answer B: You move on to something else, hoping it goes unnoticed.
Answer C: You try to recover by explaining the source of the confusion.
Right !
Answer: A.
It’s best to simply and directly acknowledge your mistake without unnecessary roundabout explanations. Admitting your feeling of awkwardness is a way to defuse it and prevent it from weighing down the rest of the conversation. There’s no need to dwell on the error once you’ve apologized: just move on.
It’s best to simply and directly acknowledge your mistake without unnecessary roundabout explanations. Admitting your feeling of awkwardness is a way to defuse it and prevent it from weighing down the rest of the conversation. There’s no need to dwell on the error once you’ve apologized: just move on.
Wrong !
Answer: A.
It’s best to simply and directly acknowledge your mistake without unnecessary roundabout explanations. Admitting your feeling of awkwardness is a way to defuse it and prevent it from weighing down the rest of the conversation. There’s no need to dwell on the error once you’ve apologized: just move on.
It’s best to simply and directly acknowledge your mistake without unnecessary roundabout explanations. Admitting your feeling of awkwardness is a way to defuse it and prevent it from weighing down the rest of the conversation. There’s no need to dwell on the error once you’ve apologized: just move on.
For no particular reason, you always feel uncomfortable around your colleague So-and-so — and it’s mutual.
Answer A: You avoid them as much as possible.
Answer B: You stick to strictly professional discussions.
Answer C: You try to make small talk more often.
Right !
Answer: C.
In a team, it’s hard to completely avoid a colleague with whom don’t quite click, even though you have nothing against them. Although you might initially find the process awkward, trying to identify common interests by engaging in trivial conversations is a good strategy to create some familiarity. If it doesn’t work... no harm done!
In a team, it’s hard to completely avoid a colleague with whom don’t quite click, even though you have nothing against them. Although you might initially find the process awkward, trying to identify common interests by engaging in trivial conversations is a good strategy to create some familiarity. If it doesn’t work... no harm done!
Wrong !
Answer: C.
In a team, it’s hard to completely avoid a colleague with whom don’t quite click, even though you have nothing against them. Although you might initially find the process awkward, trying to identify common interests by engaging in trivial conversations is a good strategy to create some familiarity. If it doesn’t work... no harm done!
In a team, it’s hard to completely avoid a colleague with whom don’t quite click, even though you have nothing against them. Although you might initially find the process awkward, trying to identify common interests by engaging in trivial conversations is a good strategy to create some familiarity. If it doesn’t work... no harm done!
A close friend has gone through a difficult experience, which weighs on them, but they have a hard time talking about it.
Answer A: Help them find a term that encapsulates their experience.
Answer B: Never force them to speak, respect their silences.
Answer C: Reflect: why might this subject be "taboo" for you?
Right !
Answer: A, B, and C.
Communicating a difficult experience is painful, and words often fail. Writer Kyleigh Leddy, whose sister passed away, lamented the lack of a term equivalent to "orphan" to describe someone who has lost a sibling. You can encourage your loved one to create such a term that "contains" their experience without forcing them to go into detail. Also, consider the unconscious blocks that might prevent you from hearing what they have to say.
Communicating a difficult experience is painful, and words often fail. Writer Kyleigh Leddy, whose sister passed away, lamented the lack of a term equivalent to "orphan" to describe someone who has lost a sibling. You can encourage your loved one to create such a term that "contains" their experience without forcing them to go into detail. Also, consider the unconscious blocks that might prevent you from hearing what they have to say.
Wrong !
Answer: A, B, and C.
Communicating a difficult experience is painful, and words often fail. Writer Kyleigh Leddy, whose sister passed away, lamented the lack of a term equivalent to "orphan" to describe someone who has lost a sibling. You can encourage your loved one to create such a term that "contains" their experience without forcing them to go into detail. Also, consider the unconscious blocks that might prevent you from hearing what they have to say.
Communicating a difficult experience is painful, and words often fail. Writer Kyleigh Leddy, whose sister passed away, lamented the lack of a term equivalent to "orphan" to describe someone who has lost a sibling. You can encourage your loved one to create such a term that "contains" their experience without forcing them to go into detail. Also, consider the unconscious blocks that might prevent you from hearing what they have to say.
You’re stuck in a laborious conversation; the awkward silences multiply and lengthen. How do you get out of it?
Answer A: Cut it short; it will be better next time.
Answer B: Rely on non-verbal communication.
Answer C: Take over: talk for both of you.
Right !
Answer: B.
The lack of attunement between you and your interlocutor doesn’t mean you have nothing to say to each other. Often, both parties wish the conversation would last longer but mistakenly believe the other doesn’t want it to, leading both to cut it short sooner than desired. Maintain eye contact, smile, breathe, and relax: you needn't be afraid of silence.
The lack of attunement between you and your interlocutor doesn’t mean you have nothing to say to each other. Often, both parties wish the conversation would last longer but mistakenly believe the other doesn’t want it to, leading both to cut it short sooner than desired. Maintain eye contact, smile, breathe, and relax: you needn't be afraid of silence.
Wrong !
Answer: B.
The lack of attunement between you and your interlocutor doesn’t mean you have nothing to say to each other. Often, both parties wish the conversation would last longer but mistakenly believe the other doesn’t want it to, leading both to cut it short sooner than desired. Maintain eye contact, smile, breathe, and relax: you needn't be afraid of silence.
The lack of attunement between you and your interlocutor doesn’t mean you have nothing to say to each other. Often, both parties wish the conversation would last longer but mistakenly believe the other doesn’t want it to, leading both to cut it short sooner than desired. Maintain eye contact, smile, breathe, and relax: you needn't be afraid of silence.
The new intern seems lost: for the past hour, they’ve been wandering aimlessly around the coffee machine, and everyone avoids them.
Answer A: You don’t intervene: it’s up to their mentor to handle it.
Answer B: You bring it to their mentor’s attention so they can deal with it.
Answer C: You give them a task, like reorganizing the archives.
Right !
Answer: C.
Trying to help someone who’s stuck in an awkward situation can be tricky. If you point out the problem, you risk making it worse by shining a spotlight on the “awkward” person, which will only reinforce their ostracism. The best solution is to offer them a role — even a minor one — that gives them a script to follow and a place within the group.
Trying to help someone who’s stuck in an awkward situation can be tricky. If you point out the problem, you risk making it worse by shining a spotlight on the “awkward” person, which will only reinforce their ostracism. The best solution is to offer them a role — even a minor one — that gives them a script to follow and a place within the group.
Wrong !
Answer: C.
Trying to help someone who’s stuck in an awkward situation can be tricky. If you point out the problem, you risk making it worse by shining a spotlight on the “awkward” person, which will only reinforce their ostracism. The best solution is to offer them a role — even a minor one — that gives them a script to follow and a place within the group.
Trying to help someone who’s stuck in an awkward situation can be tricky. If you point out the problem, you risk making it worse by shining a spotlight on the “awkward” person, which will only reinforce their ostracism. The best solution is to offer them a role — even a minor one — that gives them a script to follow and a place within the group.
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