Posts Tagged ‘communication’
The five stages of listening
1. Blocking out ie, noise cancelling headphones, removing ability to receive any input 2. Perception: ie, hearing but giving no attention, hearing a car drive by but not paying attention to it. A child can hear a mom call their name, but pay no attention. 3. Attention Physically showing interest, but cognitively thinking about something…
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Less is more
To paraphrase the laws of supply and demand, As availability of a resource rises its value drops. This typcially applies to economics. It also applies to communication. Think of the wise people we meet who seem to hardly speak. When they finally share their thoughts we focus wholeheartedly on their every word. We then spend…
Read MoreStandards
Much of the life we experience is determined by the standards we accept. If the quality of our food, sleep, training, or communication is less than acceptable, and we accept it anyway, our quality of life is dimished. We establish many of our standards before we even come into adulthood. We set and forget them…
Read MoreInherent interference
When I look at something beautiful I don’t want to think about my eyeballs. When I say something from my heart I don’t want to think about the words. But there is an inherent interference pattern at every step of every process that involves the sharing of information. I experienced this tension when living and…
Read MoreThe listening funnel
A typical sales funnel is leaky. You say something to a group of people. Some of them say “tell me more” and move deeper into the funnel. Others leak out the sides and leave. Then deeper down the funnel, some say “go on…” and some leak out and lose interest. Again, tell me more. Again,…
Read MoreOn contribution: 34 words after 34 years on Earth
Identify (1) simple solutions (2) to unnoticed problems (3) that genuinely need to be solved, and (4) deliver them with language that can be received, (5) starting with a “shotty first draft”, then (6) repeat AOAP (as often as possible).
Read MoreGourmet
Gourmet used to mean something. Then it became a buzz word. Then it stopped working. When is the last time you pulled over because you saw a sign that said: GOURMET SANDWICHES HERE! Pasture-raised, natural, and fresh still mean something, but they mean very different things to different people. To the person who goes to…
Read MoreConnection Strategy
Anytime we find ourselves in conflict, it’s best to focus on and clear our side of it first. A strategy to begin resolving most conflict from our side of the net is to ask the following questions in your mind: 1) What would all of this look like if it was easy? 2) When I’m…
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