to communicate well

musings, examples, and insights on good communication

An interesting thing about communication is that most people assume everyone speaks the way they do, when in truth we all come into a conversation with our own language. It takes time, context, intentionality and framework to have a shared language, ease in communication. 1/

Tricia Pickren x.com

Stuart Evans

🐝Survival Tips for Team Leaders: Reorg Edition

Substack blog.mindthebeet.com

Tom So

L.M. Sacasas on Instant Messenger Over Instant Messenger

Uri Bram thebrowser.com

ssari

an interview about instant messenger that takes place on instant messenger. the lesson is simple: writing is hard because it forces us to improve our thinking.

Alara

In 1990, a Stanford psychologist called Elizabeth Newton divided participants into two groups: Tappers and Listeners. The Tappers were asked to tap out a familiar tune (like Happy Birthday) on the table. The Listeners’ job was to guess the tune, based on the taps. As you’ll see if you try it, that’s hard. Out of 120 tapped renditions, Listeners... See more

Alara

Unless I Hear Differently — Work Good & Fast With Clients & Teams

unlessiheardifferent.com

alex

The Top Life Regret of Dying Hospital Patients

JamesClear.com jamesclear.com

Yaro Celis

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

"i'm here with you" hits much harder than "i'm here for you"

-molly mielke

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