Perceived Answer+Amplification+Head Scratching = Typical Communication

Too often we begin with answers to questions we believe someone is asking in our communication. Have you ever answered a question that wasn’t being ask? What about the time you waxed on eloquently only to later find out that the person you were talking to had no interest in your answer at all? Do you continually get frustrated with people because they don’t get it?

Old marketing methods lead us to believe that if we have a solution to a problem or a passionate message all we need to do is say it loud and long to get our point across. If we simply amplify the message it will eventually be accepted. After all we have the correct answers – don’t we?

The head scratching comes in when we give our answers long and loud enough that we think people get it and they don’t. Often we just blame the other person’s lack of common sense or intelligence by slamming them and moving on.

This type of communication carries alot of assumptions, mainly that you are right and you are talking to the right person. At best this can be considered information, not true communication. So what is true communication and what does it look like? Stay tuned for part 2 & 3