Whether it’s a new year, relationship, job, school or a brand-new morning - the hope and drive to do and be better is human. And better is just, well, better… right? But what about when it isn’t? When better ends up making things worse? Or when it just isn’t possible? You can keep chasing it anyway, or you can follow your hunch that there is something Better than Better. Join us these weeks as take a look. What could be better than that?
March 6 - Better Than Better Communication “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” These words are attributed to George Bernard Shaw but, sadly, many of us have learned the hard way and could have said them ourselves. It matters to be understood, convey information and even see minds change! But when those are the goals of improving our communication we will end up frustrated, at best. Let’s look again at where better than better communication starts and what it seeks. Our relationships depend on it.
Related links.
Uri Hasson: This is your brain on communication | TED Talk
If You Really Pay Attention --Paula Underwood, clan mother of the Turtle clan, Iroquois nation
It is human scale connections that will help us navigate.