Communication

Do you really want to reach out and catch your dreams?

Then, you must learn how to communicate. Good communication skills are the center of every successful
relationship. Bad communication skills are involved in every failure.  Most of the problem with  communicators is not that they do not know what to say. It is that they do not know how to say it. Something pops into their mind falls immediately out of their mouth.

Effective communication is the secret to getting what you want out of life. To be effective, the communication has to be honest, sincere and open. It has to be well thought out in advance. It has to be arranged with the receiver in mind. A wise man once told me the secret to successful communication. He was not a wise man when he told it to me. Actually, he was probably the opposite in my eyes at that time. You see, the wise man was my father. When I was a teenager, he did not know near as much as he knows now.

What he told me was this, “Tell people what they want to hear. This will make them listen to you. Then, while they are listening, tell them what they need to hear.” I asked him one day where he learned this profound bit of knowledge. He said he picked it up by watching politicians. They do it all the time.

Think about this the next time you are going to communicate. It does not matter if it is a one on one situation or if you are speaking to an audience. Take the time to learn and understand what you listeners want to hear. Next, think about what you want them to hear. Then, plan your communication so that it all of this information is included. Finally, follow up with them to ensure that what they think you said is actually, what you meant to communicate. Communicate effectively and you will be getting even closer to achieving your dreams.

Now, get off the bench and get into the game.

Coach Papa