Episode Summary
3 tips to help you clarify what’s heard and said in a conversation.
Episode Notes
Hello to you listening in Weatherford, Texas!
Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday and your host, Diane Wyzga.
A man drives into a filling station and asks the attendant to fill the tank with gas. The attendant sees 3 penguins standing on the back seat of the car and tells the man, Hey! You should take those penguins to the zoo. The man says, Good idea! And drives away.
About a week later the same man returns to the filling station and asks the attendant to fill the tank. The attendant sees the same 3 penguins but now they’re wearing sunhats, sunglasses, and beach sandals. He says, Hey! I thought I told you to take those penguins to the zoo! I did, replied the man, And we had such a good time today we’re going to the beach!
Practical Tip: We think we know it all, don’t we? Most of us haven’t heard the half of it when we speak with others. Conversation is a mutual exchange. To have clarity in our conversations let’s begin by asking ourselves:
What did they say?
What did I hear?
Was it the same, or different?
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Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team
Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts
Music: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music
Communication, in general, is an ability that is not always innate, but which is often a determining factor for our success or our failure, in work life, as in private life.
Communicating does not only mean sending an effective message, but undertaking a reciprocal and continuous exchange.
I like to remind you that, by the way, good conversationalists are never overly serious. Liveliness is absolutely necessary, otherwise the conversation will become heavy and boring. To be good conversationalists, we need to be spontaneous and empathetic through a warm and genuinely friendly sympathy.