The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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INTERVIEWS
Patricia Raskin Joslyn Wolfe
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Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee,
and just as hard to sleep after. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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I'm Rodelinde.
Call me at 413-243-4350
or email me.
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"Reach out and touch someone."
That advertising slogan was so successful because it tapped into one of our deepest needs, that of connecting with our fellow creatures. Consider the systems we have developed to embody information: language and literature, musical notation, mathematical symbols, hand signals, the fine and performing arts.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
~ Epictetus
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And look at the multiplicity of technology we have devised to collect, record, and convey information to others: smoke signals, village drums, hieroglyphics, ideograms. pictographs, icons, phonetic symbols, modern writing, musical instruments, megaphone, microphone, radio, phonograph, television, photography, film, telephone, telegraph, fax, computers, websites, iPhones... and devices not yet imagined but surely to come from the fertile minds of inventors.
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The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.~ J. B. Priestley
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In our day, we have even sent out into deepest space the Golden Record: "a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings," intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find it. Imagine going to such lengths to reach out to someone who may not even exist. That's a testament to the strength of our need to communicate.
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The most important thing in communication is
hearing what isn't said.
~ Peter Drucker
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In our personal world, communication is key to our survival. We interact daily with others at home and at work, with friends and with strangers, with those we love and those we might wish to love. Here are just a few ways to smooth the path.
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One should aim not at being possible to understand,
but at being impossible to misunderstand.~ Quintilian
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Let what reaches the other person's ear (and heart) mean exactly the same as what left your lips.
Remember that the other person is not a mind reader; as much as possible, say what you need and ask for what you want.
Let your fingers do the talking; actions speak louder than words.
Listen. Pay attention. Hear what the other person is saying, not what you think they are saying or what you expect them to say.
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