For Couples: Show a little empathy. "You act like it's my fault!" indicates that empathy or basic courtesy is lacking.
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I’ve Done Everything I Can…But It’s Still Not Enough
Is your energy being drained beyond belief by a relationship you’re working on? Are you trying hard to talk, but you feel like you’re spinning your wheels on ice? Do you feel like a dog chasing its tail in a circle? Do you feel like you work hard (and harder), and still you’re told that [...]
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How Do You Shut Down Instigator Communicators?
Have you ever wondered how not to give feedback to an Instigator communicator. I have, since feedback is the standard way we drive out of our ruts or comfort zones, which are often our coffins. So, how is it that you shut down your fellow communicator without knowing why or how? Instigator communicators, or I-types, [...]
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How Do You Shut Up Empathizers?
Imagine putting an industrial strength zipper over the mouth of the “takes things too personally” Empathizer-type (E-type) communicator. Oh, what the heck! Put two industrial strength zippers over that E-type’s mouth, and then wonder why he doesn’t ever tell you what you don’t want to hear. You know the drill: “If I want to know [...]
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Servant Leadership by James Hunter
“To lead is to serve…” clips along international leadership expert and inspiring speaker James Hunter, who hails from Detroit, Michigan. I recently had the privilege and honor of hearing Jim talk to a top flight, leadership group at Dayton Freight Lines, which is a privately held professional trucking company, based in Dayton. (On a personal [...]
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Your Communication Toolbox
What’s in your communication toolbox? Why not pick your top list of communication tools, from our Talk2Me training classes, to take along with you to use when the traffic is jammed up on the two-way communication highway? On what tool will you rely most heavily? When you hop into your blue Empathizer or burnt orange [...]
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