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What Is Conversation?
When men and women refer to "conversation," they might not be talking about the same thing at all, observes communication theorist Deborah Tannen: ...
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How to Fix Communication
Figure out what went wrong, not who was wrong, when communication breaks down.
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Damaging Criticism
A man who is continually criticized becomes good for nothing, the effect of criticism knocks all the gumption and power out of him.
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Constructive Criticism
"Criticism," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, "should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring--a ...
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Thoughts into Words
To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes men poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs ...
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Words Worth Remembering?
Consider this paradox: Almost everything that is publicly said these days is recorded. Almost nothing of what is said is worth remembering.
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Not What You Say, but How
Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by the wrong tone of voice.
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Verbal Abuse
The angry word is a blow struck at our brother, a stab at his heart: it seeks to hit, to hurt, and to destroy. A deliberate insult is worse, for we openly ...
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The Purpose of Discernment
When we discern that people are not going on spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to criticism, we block our way to God. God never gives us discernment ...
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Failing at Divorce
A woman came to a lawyer and said, "I want to get a divorce. I really hate my husband, and I want to hurt him. Give me some advice." In addition ...
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