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…
This is the 26th week of 2020, and the halfway mark of this strangely odd year with the wonderfully even number. This is also halftime of this newsletter project in the form it will exist as for this year. The archives of the first 25 weeks are here. See the progress from the start or review topics…
A unique challenge of communication is that you have to communicate about communication to get better at communication. Think about that for a second. It’s communication all the way down. Inescapable. Communication is a process that’s ongoing, everywhere, all around us. It’s not a…
Skills | Good Communication | Improving Communication
Critical thinking and communication are closely related. If you aren’t able to think critically about problems, information, and obstacles as they relate to your relationships, the media you consume, and the conversations you have, you are set up to fail. If you can’t think critically, communication…
Skills | Good Communication | Improving Communication
Giving feedback is communication we think of as communication. That is, while every conversation is communication, giving someone feedback — it could be on anything: something at work, advice about life, or just a normal part of everyday interaction (“Hey, what did you think of my chili?”…
Lots of people believe in “communication styles." You shouldn’t. Do humans have tendencies and sensitivities when communicating? Yes, definitely. We each have our own. But that does that mean you have a communication “style”? Nope. Having a communication style is to have…
