Some of our most meaningful and most cherished communication occurs in ordinary moments. We can increase the prevalence of these moments by practicing three communication behaviors.
Quick, Cheap, and Easy is not Enough
Jim interrupts a meaningful moment with his kids to respond to a trivial text message; Sarah hits reply all on a sensitive email message, upsetting dozens of colleagues; Bill’s phone vibrates throughout his anniversary dinner, causing him to lose his train of thought (he was saying something about love, happiness, something…); and Lynn can’t adequately focus on her boss’s instructions because new messages keep chiming in on her computer.
These distortions are symptoms of a major underlying problem…
Happy New Year
In 2012, a new blog entry will appear every Monday morning (central time zone) to give you some tools, tips, or ideas to start your week. In this first entry, we cover the three pieces of enduring good news about human communication. Here’s to a wonderful 2012. Happy New Year.