to communicate well
musings, examples, and insights on good communication
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to communicate well
Offering undivided attention and curiosity not only lowers the temperature of a conversation but can change its outcome
Guy Itzchakov • Why Listening Well Can Make Disagreements Less Damaging
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
amazon.comUnderstanding Social Signals: How Do We Recognize the Intentions of Others?
Jan P. De Ruiterfrontiersin.org
Very few issues worthy of debate are black and white. That’s why we need to grapple with the gray areas of life, of which there are many. It’s always tempting to reduce issues to binary choices between right and wrong, good and evil, beneficial and destructive. But it’s ultimately self-defeating; binary thinking discourages complex reasoning while... See more
Mastering the art of arguing productively
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 Pickrenx.com
We often raise issues of justice and equity not to advance meaningful social causes but to generate positive attention for ourselves by denigrating others. Sometimes this involves piling on—joining a Greek chorus of reproachful replies without contributing anything new—or exaggerating one’s moral outrage for dramatic value. In doing so, we dilute the impact of critical ethical issues and foreclose the possibility of productive public discourse. The goal is not to understand but to win.
One cold email can completely change your life.
Here’s how to write a great one:
Sahil Bloomtwitter.com"i'm here with you" hits much harder than "i'm here for you"
-molly mielke
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