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Want More Cooperation? Highlight It!

April 8, 2013

ut as natural as it is with people that you like or share an objective with, it may stop when you perceive someone or something as difficult. The key to this lesson is that no one cooperates with anyone who seems to be against them. People need to know “Are you with me or not?” Seek common ground.

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How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways (Happy April 1!)

April 1, 2013

Dr. Rick Kirschner, bestselling author, speaker, communication trainer and coach, shares a simple love poem. He’s sending this as a shout out to his readers, clients and customers! HAPPY APRIL 1st EVERYONE!

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The Way Out Is Forward. You Need A Direction!

March 25, 2013

The challenge in life, and in communication specifically, is to define a direction for your interaction with someone, and organize yourself around that outcome. You’ve heard the expression, “Begin with the end in mind”? Knowing your desired outcome is a fundamental key to purposeful and productive interpersonal behavior.

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Avoidance Is Ineffective When Progress And Change Are Desirable

March 18, 2013

Avoidance is not an effective response when dealing with a challenge, not if progress and positive change are the desired result. In other words, getting together with antagonists and talking about it has to happen. Or at least you have to try. It demonstrates self respect. It demonstrates integrity.

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How To Counter A Narcissistic Spouse’s Bad Influence On Your Kids

March 11, 2013

Dear Dr. K, I am married to an abusive narcissist. I have been to counselling for myself and have learned ways to cope, without feeding his disorder. My question now regards how to mitigate the damage that has inadvertently been done to my teen son.

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What A Difference Persuasive Communication Could Make pt3

March 4, 2013

Turning bad to good, turning good to great, it’s really not rocket science. It’s a matter of direction and skills. We know what the skills are. The skills are easily learnable, and it does make a difference to learn them. When bad people have the best skills and good people have the best ideas, bad things happen. It is now incredibly obvious to me that when good people have the best skills, great things are inevitable. But you can’t leave change to chance.

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Persuasive Communication Could Make The Difference pt2

February 25, 2013

Continued from previous post… Now, remember, I could have done something, said something.  But I had no agenda, no proposition in mind.  I’m not a meddler, because as any Star Trek fan knows, NON INTERFERENCE IS THE PRIME DIRECTIVE.  In situations like this one, where nobody is asking for input, one actually has the chance […]

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Persuasive Communication Could Make The Difference pt1

February 18, 2013

Meanwhile, throughout the dinner, she keeps commenting to me about the service, apologizing for her choice of restaurants, and I could see all along what had happened, and what the options were, and why she and the waiter were having such a terrible time with each other. What would you do? Come back next week for the second part of the story!

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