Growing up, and even as an adult, after I had gone through a really bad day or a really bad stretch in my life, my father would tell me, “Well, you just learned an awful lot more than you ever learned in school.” I’m not sure that was 100% accurate, but his comment led me to a major discovery. Whenever …
Subject Line: The 10 Commandments of Awesome Communication (part 4)
We’ve all heard of the 10 Commandments, but not all of us get them right. For example, in one Sunday School class, the children were asked what was the first commandment. One kid replied, “It was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple.” Years before that Mark Twain recounted the story of a 19th century industrial baron who told …
The 10 Commandments of Awesome Communication (part 3)
One of the goals in any relationship or team is honest, open, clear communication. And if it’s really good communication, it may even be short, to the point, and clever. I think a few businesses got it right when they posted these signs. In a nonsmoking area: “If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate …
The 10 Commandments of Awesome Connective Communication (part 2)
You have probably heard about The 10 Commandments. You may have even memorized them when you were little … because you were taught that was the way you should behave and communicate with other people, even God Himself. A couple of weeks ago, I gave you the first two of my 10 Commandments of Awesome Communication: 1) Increase the quantity of your communication, and …