Communication
So important~
Communication
A deep question asks about someone’s values, beliefs, judgments, or experiences—rather than just facts. Don’t ask “Where do you work?” Instead, draw out feelings or experiences: “What’s the best part of your job?” (One 2021 study found a simple approach to generating deep questions: Before speaking, imagine you’re talking to a close friend. What
... See moreCharles Duhigg • Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
The longer I live the more I learn that love — whether we call it friendship, family, or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.
—James Baldwin
A good question is something that has incredible grace and light and depth to it. A good question is something that always, in some way, plows the invisible furrows of absence to find the nourishment and the treasure that we actually need.
John O'Donohue • Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World
Active listeners: § Don’t interrupt. § Don’t respond hastily, as soon as an opening becomes available. § Don’t play a “one up” game to try and match each point made. § Don’t jump to conclusions. § Don’t judge what is being said too quickly. § Don’t interject with an unsolicited or premature solution. Instead, active listeners: § Probe for
... See moreDeb Calvert • DISCOVER Questions™ Get You Connected: for Professional Sellers
If you just communicate you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles. - Jim Rohn
from Matt Rutherford #203 Here to Get Lucky ( newsletter)
if you’re in a conversation, you have to listen to the other person. Because if you don’t, you won’t know what to say when it’s your turn to talk.
Conversations reset the power and compliance dynamic, because conversations enable us to be heard.
Conversations generate their own interest, because after you speak your piece, you’re probably very... See more
Conversations reset the power and compliance dynamic, because conversations enable us to be heard.
Conversations generate their own interest, because after you speak your piece, you’re probably very... See more
seths.blog • The Conversation
What is your motivation to communicate?
Reach, Teach, Serve, Proclaim, Respond, Sell or Ask? To yourself, others, God?
Caring about their answers will put the other person at ease, but more importantly, it will often put you at ease too. It will get them—and you—into the mode of inquiry, the mode of curiosity, the mode of conversation, and the mode of learning.
Tyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
50 Ways To Fuel A Conversation
1. Be the first to say hello.
2 Introduce yourself to others.
3. Take risks and anticipate success.
4. Remember your sense of humor.
5. Practice different ways of starting a conversation
6. Make an extra effort to remember people’s names.
7. Ask a person’s name if you’ve forgotten it.
8. Show curiosity and sincere interest... See more
1. Be the first to say hello.
2 Introduce yourself to others.
3. Take risks and anticipate success.
4. Remember your sense of humor.
5. Practice different ways of starting a conversation
6. Make an extra effort to remember people’s names.
7. Ask a person’s name if you’ve forgotten it.
8. Show curiosity and sincere interest... See more