For years, well-meaning relationship pundits have falsely proclaimed (there, I’ve said it!) that men and women are destined to be at odds forever because they use completely different (and semi-incomprehensible) talk languages with one another. What a bunch of hooey…and I can prove it! Using gender as the reason for poor communication, in my opinion, […]
The traits of a positive communicator with 12 good reference points.
I love to read this meditation on success when I’m ending a workshop on managing communication and coping with change. I wrote it for people who are eager to climb the ladder of success–and for myself when I feel a bit lost, lonely or like a loser.
Maximum listening skills-hearing beyond words to understand the unspoken feelings and purposes that exist beneath them-protect and nourish successful relationships.
It’s a vicious cycle: Negative thoughts make you feel worse, and the worse you feel, the more negative thoughts you entertain without screening them…and it all becomes enough to make you scream. As you magnify your faults, you stifle your social skills and confidence. Then you will feel shy, cautious about change, lonely, unwanted, unsure of yourself and unmindful of your positive goals.