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…
A true measure of person is whether they can apologize or not. If someone genuinely has wronged you — or acted like an asshole — and they can’t or don’t apologize, beware. It’s a giant, swaying red flag. Everyone has to apologize from time to time. (Or likely should apologize,…
Good Communication | Improving Communication | Relationships
What is common ground when it comes to communicating? It seems to me that common ground is as much an act of “seeking” as it is an established thing two people or parties might possess. It also seems to me that common ground is fairly essential to good communication, but that’s debatable…
Every conversation is communication. It’s also beneficial to think of communication as a conversation. Why? Because relationships, which grow from communication, are really just collections of conversations. Conversation and its importance to communication is an idea needs to be grasped in at…
Communication | Good Communication | Relationships
One of things that many people fail to realize about communication is that it’s not just about you. It’s not just about you getting your message across. It’s about the other person too. They get a say. They are part of the process. If you want to communicate well, you have…
Sharing is heavily related to communication. If we think about communicating as what we say and how we interact, sharing factors into the depth of communication. What we share when we communicate — the topics we cover, what we’re willing to talk about, etc. — is the literal relational,…
Everyone talks about how “openness” is important in communication, but what is openness? What does it mean “to be open” when we communicate with others? We have to think of openness in at least two ways: Openness means how much you share or are willing to share when you talk: What…
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,…
To anyone who works with code, “==” means “equivalent to.” When coding, programmers can use “==” to make one thing the same as another. communication == relationships Communication and relationships are essentially the same thing. How you communicate with someone…
Big Picture | Communication | Good Communication | Relationships
People want good communication. Things are better when communication is good. There are lots of ways to improve communication. But first, we have to consider what “good communication” is: “How do we get to good communication?” is one question. “What is good communication?”…
When it comes to communication, it is hard to know where to start. There are lots of reasons why communication does or doesn’t work. Everyone communicates differently. For this reason, we all experience communication uniquely. You might be thinking: Communication is easy. Everyone does…
