How to Stop Interrupting People (Don't Be That Person!)

It can be frustrating when you find yourself interrupting other people, even though you don't want to. So why is it, that we interrupt others?

Learn to live in accordance to your highest values but also be able to communicate with someone else's priorities and values in mind. Tune in to this video from communications and executive coach, Dr. Grace Lee. Catch the 3 practices to stop interrupting and start intermingling instead.

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This video is about How to Stop Interrupting People (Don't Be That Person!)

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[slava-keshkov]

I tend to interrupt when
- I'm very excited about the topic and have ideas to add
- I feel comfortable with the person I talk to
- When I think person is going to do/ take something wrong
- Time is under pressure

I tend to speak up less when
- another person has authority
- Time is not an issue in a conversation

[SIR.ALESSANDROTONELUCCI]

"I love the fact that you said:"Knowledge is not power yet, the application of knowledge is."(Powerful!!!)🤙🇮🇹♊️💪

[kisimi_kamara]

I am in healthcare and communication with patients and family is very important. Im getting lots of tips from you. Sometimes I have to interrupt patients who go on a tangential. I like to learn the best ways to do it without looking bad.

[scotthughes]

I interrupt and don't mean to. I hate myself for it but am unaware in the moment.

[theliterarytarot]

My dad was loud, always speaking over everyone and it became a coping mechanism. I also had social anxiety and a speech impediment so I wasn’t taken seriously. I saw someone else comment here with a similar experience. I wasn’t even aware that I did this for a long time. Thanks for this video.

[matthmanning]

Very valuable teaching. Practicing self-governance is important. No one likes a know it all who interrupts. I am now following Dr. Lee. No one is too old to learn new ways.

[weil]

Interesting video. I noticed that I tend to interrupt someone when I have ideas to add or I don't agree what they are saying. So I interrupt them to insert my ideas, especially on the topics that I am passionate about. For topics that I don't know much, I do tend to listen more and ask questions (probing) in the conversation. I find that's how I learn from the experts is by asking questions.

[elizabethwelty]

I was not heard as a child and adult, because of my speech impediment. I am not taken seriously when it comes to expressing myself. So when get something on my mind to say, then it forgotten by the time the person is talking gets done talking.

It's also a habit I got from authorities talking over me, then don't let me talk when it's my turn. By the time it's my turn, I am so frozen with fear. I can not think straight. After wards, I have lost my chance to express myself . I have bottle it up, or express it in another way it is unsatisfying.

I don't work anymore, but I am tired unaware of my interrupting my love ones.

[hersoulMusic]

I learned that when I interrupt I am asserting myself based on something that someone else has or doesn't have.

[wechoosetogether]

Your points are valid. I am searching for ways to help me stop interrupting as an ADHDer. I think your video is when all things are considered equal, however, the numbers are growing for people with ADHD and I think 1 in 10 have it now with the advent of smart phone usage. You might consider sharing tips for them.

[Miizyvt]

the think is tho Im not passive or aggressive, while my boyfriend is talking I tend to interrupt him. its not purposely and I juts get is excited that I do. its caused a ton of problems and I wanna help. im still os confused after watching all these videos.

[mphhumanfactors]

As a social scientist, I agree with you on many points, (and perhaps you have another video on this somewhere) but you should really demonstrate examples for people on "Principled" communication. This is what many interruptors don't understand - that, and the anxiety that drives them to always insist on thinking of what they want to say next before you are even done speaking. My husband drives me absolutely CRAZY with this. He very seldom lets anyone finish a sentence, and he's insistent that he's going to forget what HE wanted to say, instead of letting the conversation flow naturally. He is high anxiety, and also very poor in his validation skills. When I say validation, I mean the simple act of responding to what is said- whether it is favorable or unfavorable. You can agree or disagree and still validate someone by listening. Anyhow...thanks for this. I wanted to shaer it with him, but you don't really drive your point home clearly enough or give enough examples for people like my ADHD/anxious husband to really understand.

[Princess-pwqt]

How have I learned not about myself in the last 12 minutes that in the entirety of my adult existence. Thank you so much for this. I never knew why I was passive around men, and interrupt women. It’s a hard truth to handle but a great first step to self improvement and self governance! First video of yours I’ve seen and wow! Impressed!

[TinaBelde]

I interrupt because I've already had the thought a couple of times and I don't want to forget or I get excited and I start talking loud(in a good way).

[belonysaint-vil]

It’s better to keep it passive. Otherwise, your audience may view you as an ill-mannered person who interrupts an interlocutor who essentially speaks to his/her audience.

[katebangert]

Wow. Dr. Lee thank you for sharing such insightful information.

[graftme]

I'm used to not being listened to, more appropriately, I'm not really heard and understood. I interrupt the closest people in my life to let them know that I want to be heard also.

[hychannel]

Great tips here, but I wish u would gone more in-depth about what are and how to practice "self-governance", "principled" and "active communication". Maybe you explained it each in other videos, I'll have to pull them up.

[drcatrinaking]

People interrupt me ALL THE TIME. I was TODAY years old when I realized it has more to do with their own insecurities 😅

[EmmaRonan]

Great video, thank you . I would love to see you give examples of what you are teaching in role play