to communicate well

musings, examples, and insights on good communication

Some questions to ask in your next 1:1s

Some years back my wife and I got into the habit of asking each other ‘do you want comfort or solutions’ when the other was having a bad time. That one sentence can save us from an argument 9/10 times.

Alexander James twitter.com

sari

All communication is lossy

Mandy Brown aworkinglibrary.com

Brian Sholis

There are five apology languages:

Expressing regret (“I feel ashamed for how I hurt you.”)
Accepting responsibility (“I was wrong for doing that to you.”)
Genuinely repent (“I can only imagine how much pain I caused, I am so sorry. I won’t do that again. Next time, I will do _____ differently.”)
Making restitution (“This is how I will make it up to you

Alara