15d (edited) • General discussion
One Tool You Can Use Today: Be Direct
Most communication disasters - work, home, friendships, relationships - you name it - happen because someone decided telepathy was an acceptable strategy.
Here’s your first tool:
Use your words. The real ones. Out loud. In sentences.
Examples:
Not: “I figured you knew what I meant.” → Translation: “I hoped you’d decode my cryptic nonsense.”
Say: “I wasn’t clear. Here’s what I actually meant.”
Not: “You should’ve just known.” → Translation: “I expect psychic powers, apparently.”
Say: “Next time, here’s what I need from you.”
Not: “Everything’s fine.” → Translation: “Everything is absolutely NOT fine and I’m being dramatic.”
Say: “I’m annoyed because X. Let’s sort it out.”
Not: “You NEVER listen.” → Translation: “I’m mad and exaggerating for flair.”
Say: “I asked twice and didn’t get a response.”
This tool fixes (or mildly inhibits):
· Office drama
· Passive-aggressive coworkers
· Mean-girl cliques
· Leadership “mystery instructions”
· Employees pretending confusion
· Dating disasters
· Friendship blowups
· Relationship arguments that would end instantly if one person used a complete sentence
Where did someone in your life absolutely refuse to use their words this week—and how did it go?
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