communication

For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build.

Even the richest person, provided the riches comes from mutually beneficial exchange, does not need to give anything "back" to the community, because this person took nothing out of the community. Indeed, the reverse is true: Enterprises give to the community. Their owners take huge risks, and front the money for investment, precisely with the goal of serving others. Their riches are signs that they have achieved their aims.

We must practice consistent, reliable, predictable, effective, thoughtful, compassionate and even courteous communication every single day to successfully sustain, develop and grow our business.

If you don't know the answer to a question, don't guess, don't speculate, don't hypothesize, don't make a joke it by email, tweet, conference call, or at a press conference...Somehow, eventually, the electronic communication surrounding a situation will be made public and clarify and clarify what actually transpired.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

If asked for an opinion we__l say what we think. And by __hat we think_ I mean the answer that comes to our mind first, seems most logical and requires the least amount of effort to articulate, while getting us in the least amount of trouble. Really that__ what our communication boils down to.

...the word __ine_. As in ____ fine_, __t__ fine_, __hat looks fine_, etc. For a man the word fine has, tops, three or four meanings and that__ only because of the fairly recent edition of __ang, girl! You look fine!_ Otherwise __ine_ would range somewhere between satisfactory and of superior quality. For a woman the word __ine_ has like seventy meanings and depending on voice inflexion can actually mean __f I__ questioned again I__l stab you in your sleep_.

The words, I love you, are empty without clarification. Women prefer to be told what they can expect. It is measurable like a Weight Watcher__ diet, with extra points at the end of the week if you don__ cheat.

Maybe this was a male-female translation problem. I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language.That is, on many levels, astounding to me. I mean, that's like having a freaking superpower. When I, and most other people with a Y chromosome, have a conversation, we're having a conversation. Singular. We're paying attention to what is being said, considering that, and replying to it. All these other conversations that have apparently been going on for the last several thousand years? I didn't even know that they ~existed~ until I read that stupid article, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

I suggest he starts introducing himself as "Lessman"; he is classless, tactless, and mannerless.

The conversations of men had always been muddy rivers, the surface's roiling a reflection of what's buried, but the bottom some mysterious thing that would always be hidden.

I didn't expect to love being online as much as I do. I've met some wonderful people and discovered that however arcane some of my interests that there are people out there who are interested too.

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

Don't let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly.

Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.

Avoid the use of abusive words in communications that may switch off the attention of your mentor and your customers away.

It hurts to get things out in the open, but it hurts even more not to.

To fully communicate with people, you need to find tactics that would interest them