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Summary/Abstract: We practice it every day: at home, at work, at leisure, with parents and children, peers and bosses, clerks and buss drivers. We assimilate the guidelines, the do-s and don’t-s naturally, from an early age. If the verbal way is not effective enough, the nonverbal ones (the gestures, the posture, the tone, the pitch, even the look) will help make us understood. So why talk about it? How can Interpersonal Communication make the subject of a class, a textbook or even a discussion? The present article does not have the intention of reinventing the wheel, nor of reiterating notions that are so common that most of the time we do not even think about them. One of the reasons why it came to life is that putting the topic in the spotlight, and most of all in practice, we might make our everyday encounters – if not necessarily enjoyable, at least – positive ones. As Socrates put it: "There is only one Good – Knowledge, and only one Evil – Ignorance". If we consider that both Knowledge and Ignorance refer to the art of communication, we may see how this comes to be of great importance in our daily interactions.

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