“What can ordinary people do to communicate better?” is a question I am frequently asked by magazine, radio and newspaper media interviewers. Isn’t that a great question to ask a communications psychologist, professional speaker and business consultant? The answer is pretty simple, but not necessarily easy. Instead of losing your cool again, the “Talk to Me” System works wonders whenever you feel free to study and use it.
WHAT EVERYDAY PEOPLE DO TO CREATE A BETTER COMMUNICATOR ATTITUDE THAT WORKS BETTER FOR THEM
Here are a few key comments from my seminar audience members about finding better routes to travel on the two-way communication highway:
1. I’ll determine which type of communicator my spouse and colleagues are and talk in their own “talk language.”
2. I will change what I do and how I speak depending on whether I’m dealing with an Empathizer-type or an Instigator-type communicator.
3. I won’t try to win at any cost or outstrategize (others), but be more effective at a win-win.
4. Growth comes through adopting the strengths of my opposite communicator type.
5. When I interact, I will respond instead of over-react in a knee-jerk fashion.
6. I will approach each person with an open mind, instead of judging them as “They are O.K. (or not) because they believe as I do (or don’t).”
7. I won’t judge others as annoying when they disagree with me.
8. Look at my children differently when I correct or punish them as they may be a different communicator type.
9. A new way of looking at where a person is coming from in work relationships and business negotiations.
10. Realize that the two types of communication, although very different, can be blended together well to form better (more flexible) forms of communication.
11. Inspiration to challenge my opposite type rather than writing them off as close-minded.
12. And more trust and confidence that opposite communication styles can be bridged with good teaching and skills coaching!
DO YOU WANT TO RIDE OR DRIVE?
Earn your license to drive on the communication highway with the help of positive communicator attitudes that steer you away from platitudes and blame games that steadfastly prohibit change.
SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND BETTER COMMUNICATION ROADS TO TRAVEL
Yes, when you seek better communication ye shall find new answers all around you beckoning to be heard and used. Are you truly a sensitive communicator? Or just over-sensitive to yourself and your ego or hurt feelings when you don’t get your way? Getting along with others means first being a friend to your own communicator nuances, strengths and Achilles Heel. Do you know what I’m talking about? If not, why not?
ARE WE THERE YET?
Why wait until you “get there” to enjoy the ride in your communicator car? Knowing whether you are the driver of an ocean blue Empathizer-type communicator car, or you are the driver of a burnt orange Instigator-type communicator car…takes you from the horse and buggy era to the world of interstate automotive travel fast. Are you ready for a change?
ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT AND PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER AND SEMINAR LEADER DR. DENNIS O’GRADY
Go on a trip you won’t soon forget and get your kicks on Route 66, and talk to yourself and others in new ways that work wonders. Experience good results for yourself by using this new interpersonal communication approach found only in “Talk to Me: Communication Moves To Get Along With Anyone.” Don’t wait “until” all your ducks are lined up just right, or you lose out big in an important relationship, before you spend a few minutes taking care of YOU with help of the “Talk to Me” approach to relationship communication. No, this isn’t work…it’s fun, pleasurable and stress reducing. Your positive attitude will be boosted, your mood improve, junk not get ya’ down for long, and a whole bunch of other cool stuff. Dr. Dennis O’Grady is a psychologist licensed to drive on the communication highway, who lives in Dayton, Ohio, USA.