Stories of Black Women
We are the ones who kill our communication. It is not the other person who makes us passive-aggressive. It is not the fault of our co-worker who made us retaliate in kind. It is not our partner’s fault that we have lost ourselves amid aggression. Aggression is an inside job. I’m not sure why, but …
Acting in disregard of the other person. Paying for it. Speaking without care for the feelings of others. Never communicating healthily. Arguing all the time. Hearing but not listening. Judging and passing blame quickly. Wanting to win every argument – even if it costs you that person. Being impulsive all the time. Using passive-aggressiveness as …
“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” – Henry Ford Be willing to learn from others – if you want to develop your communication skills. Emerson said, “Every …
· In confrontation: your intention is to attack, not to communicate. · In conversation: you have the intention of communicating, really communicating with the other person. To listen, to learn, and to understand the other person you have to have conversations – not confrontations. The only reason you feel like you are having difficulties understanding …
It starts with you trying to have the last word, a single sentence was thrown out there to attack that person or a verbal attack that has the intention of making you feel good about yourself and the other person bad. Out of this intention, an argument is born. You forget that the other person …
Tell me something ——– Imagine for a minute that I am telling you about how you can improve yourself. I am telling you, you can do this and that —— . I am telling you what I know in this boring, lecture format. Would you be interested to listen to me? Would you remember my …
Written by Banchi Ever end up frustrated after a conversation with someone because you didn’t feel like you communicated as well as you would have liked? Ever walk away from a conversation asking yourself what just happened? Assertive communication is a style of communication that greatly enhances our effectiveness with others and produces the most …