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A Little Biblical Word Fun

You read so many posts with foul language that it often surprises me to see things like this.  In fact, it so tickled me purple, that I just had to share them today for Friday Funnies here on Communication FUNdamentals. This line was posted by a Twitter friend.  I looked it up and found that there are Tshirts with this line and a series of blog posts where it was discussed. "Heck is where people go who don't believe in Gosh." In my internet travels, I came across a similar quote on several other blogs: "Will I go to Heck if I don't believe in Gosh?" Actually, the Bible tells us that those who believe in Gosh will not be...

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5 Political Reasons to Learn Effective Communication Skills

I'm often asked why communication skills are so important.  I hear so many say things like: "After all, with cell phones, email and the internet we are the most connected society who ever lived.";  "The only people who really need to learn effective communication are lawyers and politicians.";  "Most people know what I mean." and "So I'm not Ronald Reagan!" Statistics show that 87% of what you and I do all day long is communication related.  You communicate when you talk to friends, when you discipline your kids, when you share ideas at work, when you share your faith.  I hear some of you out there though thinking, "What's so important?  So I don't get along that well with Aunt...

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Rolling Political Messages

If you've seen the news lately, you know that many Americans are upset with the current administration's stance on things like health care reform and the economy.  Many are attending Town Hall Meetings to voice their concerns and communicate their desires for the country.  Most are doing so respectfully and I commend them.  Some, have taken to communicating in a nontraditional manner: on their vehicles. The Talk Talk Show on the Communication Comedy Network had a show last week on communication on the road.  This was not one of the issues we discussed but you might want to listen in as it is somewhat related. NOTE: I'm sorry but I had to close the comments box on this post.  I...

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