33. What to Do If You Are Interrupted
Do you catch yourself mouthing the words you think the other person in the conversation is going to say? Do you finish the speaker’s words just to move the conversation along?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, you may be an interrupter.
People don’t like to be interrupted. Nor do they like to be excluded from a conversation or to have their contributions ignored. While conducting research for my book The Power of Positive Confrontation, I discovered that interrupting is one of the 12 behaviors that most often cause conflict in the workplace.
Your credibility may be hurt if you respond rudely when someone interrupts you. Here are five options to try if you are interrupted—that is, if you are ...
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