Monthly Archives: October, 2015

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life – Immanuel Kant

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life

Immanuel Kant

 

Seven Destructive Habits that Kill Solid Communication

Seven Destructive Habits that Kill Solid Communication

Kristin Wong

Your partner drops the ball and forgets to pay rent on time. You’re hit with a late fee. The practical thing to do? Come up with a solution so it doesn’t happen again. But you’re angry, so instead, you criticize your partner, and a fight erupts. Criticizing is one of seven common habits that can destroy healthy communication.

We all know how important communication is to just about any relationship. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always come easy. Psychiatrist William Glasser came up with the concept of the “seven deadly habits” of communication. In basic terms, the idea is that most of us have a handful of habits we’re accustomed to, and those habits are destructive to our relationships. If we can reframe them and choose better habits (what he called the “seven caring habits”), we can improve our communication, and therefore, our relationships.

Seven Destructive Habits that Kill Solid Communication

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Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box – Italian Proverb

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box

Italian Proverb

Life is a zoo in a jungle – Peter De Vries

Life is a zoo in a jungle

Peter De Vries

Will robots control humans?

Computers Program Humans - Dilbert by Scott Adams