to communicate well
musings, examples, and insights on good communication
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to communicate well
Feeling seen · Molly Mielke
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“If I have a difficult thing to understand, if there’s something I think is not going to be that easy to get, I try to say it in three different ways. I think if you come in from different angles you have a better chance of getting a three-dimensional view of this difficult idea.”
Big Think • 3 Rules to Express Your Thoughts So That Everyone Will Understand You
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.
The difference between internal processors (people who organize their thoughts and then speak) and external processors (people who speak in order to think) probably accounts for a lot more misunderstanding than we acknowledge.
via Jordan Castro
One cold email can completely change your life.
Here’s how to write a great one:
Sahil Bloomtwitter.comAn 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.comUnderstanding Others' Emotions | Lisa Feldman Barrett
youtube.comA fantastic insight by Lisa Feldman Barrett: When someone expresses anxiety, the first thing you should do is ask: do you want empathy or do you want a solution?
Will 100% use this phrase going forward.