Week 7 Question 3

Who can improve on attention skills? I know I can use some tips to prolong my attention span when listening to someone talk. Its nothing personal and I know we all do it from time to time so keeping myself focused would be fantastic. Ms. Trenholm talks about keeping oneself focused on a conversation or speech. I agree that staying positive, focusing on the main points and avoid being distracted from my surroundings will help increase my attention and retain more from the sender. Acting interested is very important since if I was to show any loss of interest through looking around or looking bored then i might as well have spoken out and said, " Lets change the subject because I am over this topic". I often don't realize this and today I can remember looking another direction through a surprising incident when someone was talking to me. Reading chapter three just might have improved my conversations with people and its one step towards becoming a great speaker.