13 Subtle Behaviors That Instantly Kill Your Credibility—Are You Guilty of These Condescending Moves?
Here, we point out some behaviors people say that typically don’t land well and foster negativity. But it’s also important to keep in mind that studies suggest that 75 to 90 percent of communication is nonverbal. So when people feel like someone is talking down to them, it usually has as much to do with what they say as how they say it. Still, if you’ve been told you have a condescending streak, here are some eye-roll-worthy behaviors to discontinue.
1. Explaining things that people already know
We’ve all been in a conversation that’s moving along just fine, when suddenly you find yourself whisked off on an unexpected detour, riding out someone’s impassioned explanation of something that you already know. They’re talking at you, wide-eyed, offering each key point like a gift -“so after almost 30 years in prison, he won the Nobel Peace Prize” – and you hardly have the heart to derail their monologue and say, “Uh yeah, I know who Nelson Mandela is.”
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