Here is the third in my series on C.O.M.M.U.N.I.C.A.T.I.O.N. “Communication is the key to education, understanding and peace.” James Bryce “Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.” -Walt Disney “Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.” -Bill Cosby “Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.” -Trevor Dunn “Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell phones and text messages, largely electronic means of communication that replace mail.” -John M. McHugh “Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.” Unknown “If we...
Recently, I wrote an article for my Examiner column, "How Do the Scriptures Spell Communication?" where I shared several scriptures that began with the letters of the word communication. It was an enlightening look at some of the most important lessons on communication that the Bible teaches. It occurred to me that I could do the same thing with the various communication quotes by mere humans including myself. So this week, I set out to find both JoJoisms and other communication quotes that fit the bill. Today I'm going to share with you how I spell communication. On Wednesday, I'll share some other quotes that hold great lessons for us. You may notice that some of these are new. I...
I shared a bit of our daughter's college graduation experience on Monday. Some of the things we learned in helping our daughter move out of her college dorm were that college students tend to be rather messy. I started thinking back to that old TV show, The Odd Couple. Oscar, in particular, came to mind. Remember Felix and Oscar? Felix Unger was a rather up-tight, neat freak. Oscar Madison was the fun-loving slob. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? Well, no! But many of these college students made it work. Some had roomates that were messy though they were rather neat. It seemed to work fairly well. Does it work well in the "real world?" ...
I blogged about this some time ago. While looking through my posts for another article, I found it and thought I'd share it again. Enjoy! While going through my email files, I found the following quote: “Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.” ~William Shakespeare Shakespeare packs quite a lot into this one line and I thought it so profound that I wanted to dissect it to get the full impact of what he is saying here. Shakespeare says that conversation should be pleasant without scurrility. Scurrility is abusive language or a rude remark. This is quite unique today with the invention of electronic communication such as you are...
In the movie, Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character heard, “If you build it, they will come.” He built it and they came. They came…in droves. The movie ends there...now what? I remember watching the end of this movie wondering what they would do now. What would they charge? How would they collect the money? What if someone could see it from the road and didn't want to pay? Where would all those hundreds of fans stay after the game? So many adopted this tag line after that movie came out. If you build it, they will come. I remember an internet marketer who began using it as a way of letting his clients know that it didn't end there for websites either. ...
