to communicate well
musings, examples, and insights on good communication
by sari and · updated 20d ago
to communicate well
- What you allow your milieu to feed into your mind is what you will be processing. It is what will carve the pathways of your brain. This is perhaps well-understood, in theory if not in practice.
But it is equally important to consider who and what you are sending output to.from First We Shape Our Social Graph; Then It Shapes Us by Henrik Karlsson
Laura Pike Seeley added 3mo ago
What is my impact
Closed questions are also bad questions. Instead of surrendering power, the questioner is imposing a limit on how the question can be answered.
from How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
simon added 3mo ago
The brilliant Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once wrote, “Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.”
from Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds by James Clear
simon added 5mo ago
Calling forward is a model of communication that we coined several years ago that flips the idea of “calling out” and “calling in” on its head, turning it into something more effective for bringing people together and ending racism. While “calling out” or “calling in” is fighting against what someone did wrong, calling forward is an invitation to
... See morefrom Calling People Forward Instead of Out: Ten Essential Steps by Tonie Marie Gordon
simon added 6mo ago
Offering undivided attention and curiosity not only lowers the temperature of a conversation but can change its outcome
from Why Listening Well Can Make Disagreements Less Damaging by Guy Itzchakov
simon added 6mo ago
- I SAY THIS GENUINELY AND WITH NO SUBTEXT
from The Best Thing to Text a Friend | Cup of Jo by Joanna Goddard
sari added 9mo ago
- Very early, I had a teacher who told me, “You have to choose carefully what you want to say. You can’t just say everything is wrong. People won’t like it.” So, I praise a lot of people all the time. I say what is good. I could stand on stage and say, “You are all ignorant,” but I don’t. I say, “I don’t know either.” So, I think it’s best to avoid t... See more
from Q&A with Hans Rosling (Part 2): How to change Fidel Castro’s mind … and everybody else’s | TED Blog by Shanna Carpenter
Peter Hagen added 9mo ago
- I have the secret to how to get the best help immediately from any customer service, like the phone company or the bank or anything. I have the best line, it always works. You want to know what it is? When I call, I say, “Hello. I am Hans Rosling and I have made a mistake.” People immediately want to help you when you put it this way. You get much ... See more
from Q&A with Hans Rosling (Part 2): How to change Fidel Castro’s mind … and everybody else’s | TED Blog by Shanna Carpenter
Peter Hagen added 9mo ago
- research on intellectual humility has exploded in the past 10 years. Psychologists now have many different ways to assess intellectual humility. Social scientists know that possessing a high level of intellectual humility is associated with multiple positive outcomes, like having more empathy, more prosocial behavior, reduced susceptibility to misi... See more
from Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker by Eranda Jayawickreme
Laura Pike Seeley added 10mo ago