Being right isn’t always right
“Out beyond our ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field, I’ll meet you there.” ~Rumi My country seems divided between right and wrong, although each side thinks it’s right and therefore the other side is wrong. Everyone surely...
Does intention even matter?
Whenever we teach communication skills, we talk about the importance of intention. One of the first things you see on our website – “Be intentional.” Obviously, we think that intention is everything. But, in some ways, it’s also nothing. It is...
Are you a talk-thinker or a quiet-thinker?
An acquaintance of mine, we’ll call her Dana, is starting a new business venture with a friend of hers. “We are trying to figure each other out,” Dana said. “We have known each other for a long time but not in a business sense. We are just...
Do they drive you crazy? Hear them in a different voice.
I was running recently with a friend, talking about I don’t even know what. And then she said something that struck me as brilliant. And potentially life changing, for me and for my clients. “When someone says something to me, and I am so irritated that I can’t even...
When I remember that everything I say can easily be misunderstood or misinterpreted, it helps me to slow down and get a bit clearer, or at least check for agreement and understanding in the conversation. https://bit.ly/46nzeXY?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_rsrx1e76l5
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When I stop and remember Karl Popper’s quote, it always gives me pause. I generally think I’m being so clear when I speak, and I can get annoyed when what I’ve said is misinterpreted. But, again, the problem may very well lie within me. https://bit.ly/46nzeXY?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_ujsgb0qvj6