Friends, subscribers, fellow humans, We’ve reached a pause. One year. What a year. I came up with this idea for sharing weekly content in late summer/early fall of 2019. I didn’t see anyone talking about communication as I was envisioning and I was looking for an outlet. I wanted to write…
The buzzer sounds signaling the end of the 1st Quarter. The 13th Tuesday of 2020. A pause in the action. I’m pausing from talking about communication to actually communicating — a step back, just for this week to make a few points on the overall trajectory here. Another communication hot…
Communication always involves other people, but making communication better begins with you. Self-assessment is essential to improving your communication. If you can self-assess better, you’ll more easily adapt to the situations you find yourself in. Self-assessment, when it comes to communication,…
Killing the Myth that 93% of Communication is Nonverbal
Nonverbal Communication
A myth persists out there that “93% of communication is nonverbal.” See here, here, and here. These are just a few among the many articles I could find perpetuating this claim. Whether you’re aware of this idea about communication or not, or have ever given it any thought or attention,…
…continued from Part 1. Stopping Communication or Total Disagreement We frequently talk about “communication breakdown.” Led Zeppelin wrote a song about it. It’s not “always the same” as Robert Plant might have you believe (but that’s still a great song).…
Communication doesn’t always succeed. But it never fails. We talk about communication failing all the time. However, we need to recognize that an unanticipated outcome is not the same as “failure.” Communication isn’t an on/off switch. We’re not “communicating”…
