Not to mention that "being friendly", "satisfying interest", and other reasons exist to communicate.
Not everything is about your agenda. Maybe internalising that is hardest?
(A bit pompous but you take my point, right?)
Persuasion is maybe the most difficult outcome to achieve. Giving feedback is the most emotionally challenging and nuanced for both parties. And of course giving feedback is often attempting persuasion too.
Occasionally, just listening and not trying to inject your own intents is hardest.
If you want to be better at interpersonal communication you need to be excellent at listening. Empaths find this comes naturally but people with learning disabilities and/or autism will find this impossibly challenging while perhaps convincing themselves of self-mastery.
Listening and expression come in three dimensions: verbal (the words), vocal (use of voice), and physical (the rest of the body). You need to pay attention to all three. Dishonesty is when those three are in conflict. Most people are not good at this and have no idea just how bad they are at it.