The Importance of Our Voices
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” – Malala Yousafzai
Continue reading →Tag Archives: Communication
The Breakdown of Trust
“Trust breaks down when judgement takes place. Most people can handle difficult conversations as long as they know that others have their best interest at heart and aren’t thinking less of them as a person when they address an issue. … Continue reading →
Valuing the Difference
“If two people have the same opinion, one is unnecessary… I don’t want to talk, to communicate, with someone who agrees with me; I want to communicate with you because you see it differently. I value that difference.” – Stephen … Continue reading →
Hotel Soap Opera
An actual correspondence that actually occurred between a London hotel’s staff and one of its guests. ——————– Dear Maid, Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own … Continue reading →
Perspective Makes the Difference
How we look at things definitely has an impact on how we think and behave. First, read this from top to bottom. Then, read it from bottom to top and notice how everything changes. Written by a 14 year old… … Continue reading →
Pay Attention
“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” – Mary Oliver
Continue reading →Learning to Listen
“We need to learn to listen better, even practice if we need to. We should listen to understand, but many times we only listen to respond.” – Greg Taunt
Continue reading →The Big Question
For months Bill had been Lynn’s devoted admirer. Now, at long last, he had collected up sufficient courage to ask her the most momentous of all questions. “There are quite a lot of advantages to being a bachelor,” Bill began, … Continue reading →
Attention and Productivity
“What we give our attention to, grows. The attention you pay to a behavior, the more it will be repeated. Accentuating the positive and redirecting the negative are the best tools for increasing productivity.” – Ken Blanchard
Continue reading →Tech Support – The Good Ole Days
True tech support stories from the past, as told by the people who worked them: A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech asked her if she was “running it under Windows.” The woman … Continue reading →