PREJUDICE UNDERCUTS PROFITS
What prejudices do you hold about your opposite communicator type? What are “hot buttons” that can set off explosions between the two of you? Whether it’s a person at work or your partner at home…what makes it so hard for the two of you to “just talk?” Here’s what drives Empathizers up the wall about their Instigator pals, be they boys or girls. Please notice that using “They” or “They’re” widens the communicator spark gap or widens the distance between co-communicators that has difficulty being bridged. The Talk To Me© system opens up closed-off communication avenues through using miracle-making Communication Table tools. If you want to delete all those difficult people in your life, consider what a recent training group had to say about what bugs and bothers them about people who alternatively are too sensitive or too thick skinned.
WHY YOU BOTHER ME, BOY
Why Instigators (or I-Types) Bother Me, An Empathizer: (If you are unsure about your communicator type, you can take the test to find out, privately and for free, at www.drogrady.com.)
THEY’RE…
They’re always right.
They’re pushy.
They don’t listen.
They confuse opinion with fact.
They’re critical.
They’re insensitive.
They’re always on task.
They’re rash.
They’re quick to judge.
Their reality is the only reality.
They do not understand the impact of their words or actions.
WHY YOU BOTHER ME, GIRL
Why Empathizers (or E-Types) Bother Me, An Instigator: (If you are unsure about your communicator type, you can take the test to find out, privately and for free, at www.drogrady.com.)
THEY…
They are slow thinkers.
They worry too much.
They’re overly sensitive.
They want to please everyone.
They’re perfectionists.
They’re too emotional.
They’re too demanding.
They’re too passive.
They’re too indecisive.
They’re too literal.
They avoid conflict.
They’re too agreeable.
They repeat themselves too much.
They rehash history and bring up old news.
They’re illogical.
ARE YOU NICE OR DO YOU ICE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH YOU OR WHO ARE DIFFERENT?
Do these “They…” sayings, or negatalking, sound a little too familiar to you? Be a conscious communicator who has an open mind to getting along better with others. Don’t fall prey to prejudices about people who are ignorant. Why walk through a minefield of misunderstanding, uncertain where the next land mines are located, because you’re not using the Talk2Me© system? You know in your heart that you secretly admire your opposite communicator type. And I’m all ears ….
ABOUT “TALK DOC” DENNIS E. O’GRADY, PSY.D.
Dr. Dennis O’Grady is the new Talk Doc in town, a corporate consultant, team trainer, and the insightful, original developer and researcher of the Talk to Me© positive and effective communication system. T2Me has been successfully implemented in multi-generational family companies and couples communication training.