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Failure to Listen Equals Failure to Communicate
Sometimes listening to the truth is tough, because we want to hear what we believe. It's not always easy, but it's necessary to communicate.
Listening: An Act of Kindness
We hear what we want to hear, not what we always need to hear. If you haven't fully listened to the other person, stop, and ask them to say it again.
Deliberate Listening Leads to Effective Communication
Have you ever had to stop yourself before speaking, because you hadn't taken the time to listen? Yeah, me too.
Words Matter - Use Your Filter!
Words of criticism are remembered for a lifetime. But sometimes words get out of our mouth, before we think about what we're saying. Has that ever happened to you?
Choose Your Responses with Care
What you say and how you say it can turn a conversation upside down. So, do you know how to talk to someone else?
Choosing Words Carefully for Effective Communication
Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can really hurt me. So, how about your attitude in a conversation? Are you hurling words of hate or words of understa...
Credibility and Effective Communication
When you speak, do to convey a rational and believable tone? Those two traits help others understand you as a person of integrity and honesty.
Regaining Lost Credibility
Have you ever distorted the truth to gain the upper hand in a conversation? Not a great place to be, is it?
Transforming Doubt and Distrust
So, are you trustworthy? Do you have a strong character? Good conversation relies on honesty and integrity.
Building Bridges with Our Language
So what would be better? Build a bridge to understanding, or destroy one with confusion and disharmony? You already know the answer. Here's how to do that.
Find Harmony by Self-Monitoring Communication
Different personalities create discord in a conversation. So, how can you avoid conflict when all you really want, is to talk to someone?
Disagreements: Finding the Positive in a Negative
Peace and harmony; How you can find common ground in a conversation.
An Argumentative Attitude Deadlocks Communications
Your mind or attitude can disqualify a person's beliefs. So, how do you get into a conversation?
Dead End Communications Due to Arrogance
The other guys point of view. Have you ever wondered what it might be?
When Communications Collapse
Communications can and will at some point, break down. Honesty and truthfulness will actually show integrity and strength of character and prevent a breakdown. Learn...
Barriers that Block Effective Communication
Have you ever built an emotional wall in a conversation? Wouldn't it be better to build an emotional path to resolution?
Speak with Confidence
Your mood most times, dictates how you communicate. Have you ever been trapped in a place where the words came out, but didn't exactly come out the way you wanted the...
Communication's Limitations
We live by rules and when we break those rules, we suffer the consequences. Those rules also apply to how we speak to others. Have you ever broken the rules?
Searching the Heart with Search Talk Part-3
Truth is sometimes painful. And truth relies on honesty. How do you approach that kind of conversation?
Searching the Heart with Search Talk Part-2
To mutually agree on something, both persons need to know and understand how to craft a conversation for success. Do you have trouble at times with that? If so, you'...
Searching The Heart with Search Talk Part-1
Non-threatening, non-offensive. Do you struggle with communication at times?
Listening for Unity
Unity of thought and purpose is a direct result of communication, that is, when we communicate correctly. Are you guilty of failed communication?
Is the Silence Golden?
Silence can speak much louder than the spoken word. Silence can build a bridge to understanding.
Did you Listen? Can you Hear?
Listening gives little concern for the speaker. Hearing means actively processing the meaning, and purpose of the words. So, do you listen, or do you hear?
Compassionate Listening
Have you ever been accused of "marginally" listening? Not a great place to be, is it?
Intentionally Listening Intently
Choosing to listen isn't always the easiest thing to do. Are you a good listener?
Straight Talk: Speak It, Hear It
Good communication depends as much on listening, as it does on speaking. Have you ever gone into a conversation NOT PREPARED?
Sweet Speech vs. Spite
Our character is defined by the way we talk and the words we use to communicate. Is your character following God's design?
Words Full of Spite are not Right
Spiteful words are loaded with malice and evil. God never intended for us to use spiteful language.
Communicate with Kindness, Not Cruelty
Words are powerful tools, used either to resolve conflict or to advance selfish desires and ambitions. So, how do you communicate?