Do you avoid potentially enjoyable or even profitable situations because you're uncomfortable relating to people? Does your child feel self-conscious, left out or lonely? Do social events scare or intimidate you? Does your heart ache for your child who dreads school events or parties? Does this sound like you or a loved one? You're not alone. Polls indicate that 40% of people consider themselves shy, but I have great news. You may not be shy at all! Everyone has something to say, something that only they can share, something others really need to hear. Don't let shyness keep you from it! Most people believe that you are born shy and there is nothing you can do about it. HOGWASH! And I'm...
Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! x After reading my title, I have that song stuck in my head now, don't you? "Just Give Grace a Chance..." Continuing Grace Month with excerpts from my article, "10 Quick Ways to Disagree in Grace" we come to numbers five and six. I pray these tips have been a blessing to you and I would ask that you please pass along the link to my blog posts as there are so many Christians struggling to find comfortable or more effective ways in which to disagree. x Sometimes Christians find that they may disagree with other Christians over doctrine or how they interpret scripture. I have seen Christians...
Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals’ RSS Feed? Don’t miss a post! x On Monday we discussed the first two rules of disagreeing in grace. Rules three and four involve being calm and concentrating on the issues rather than the person's character. 3. Be Calm The best way to share your views with anyone is in a calm and rational manner. The more passionate you are about a topic, the harder that will be. When you give a speech, being passionate about it is beneficial, but when you are trying to change someone's mind or heart, it is a deterrent. Nobody wants to be forced into accepting something. They want to come to their own conclusions after hearing all the...
Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals' RSS Feed? Don't miss a post! x All this month I'll be talking about the role of grace and godly communication in our daily lives from our marriages, kids, neighbors, family, friends and co-workers to how we handle the phone and social media. I'll be sharing tips from my article, "Ten Quick Rules for Disagreeing in Grace" and expanding on it to include more insights. I'll even share some from my upcoming new study, Say What You Mean: Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts. After checking out my article, for a little fun you can visit FIMM (Foot in Mouth Man) for some of his misadventures in miscommunication. There will be a new episode this...
It's Nostalgia Week here on Communication FUNdamentals. Art of Eloquence will be eight years old in just a few days. Looking back at how I started out, I began reminiscing about the "Good Old Days." Remember when manners were in style? When parents taught us that if we didn't have anything nice to say, we shouldn't say anything at all? Remember when saying "please" and "thank you" was not just nice, but customary? Remember when strangers were kind and we could...disagree in grace? 10 Quick Rules for Disagreeing in Grace By JoJo Tabares So how should we object? What's the best way to disagree? How can we voice our opposition when someone presents us with something that goes against what...
