I think one of the greatest gifts to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic will be learning new ways to communicate. During this time when we have not been able to gather in groups people have stepped up to reach out electronically. How have you been gathering differently during this crisis? Have you attended aContinue reading “Learning new ways to communicate”
Category Archives: Thought for Today
Americans no longer talk to each other
“Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.” ― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Manners
“Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease…by turning any answer into another question.” ― Tina Brown
Ideal Conversation
“Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.” ― Emily Post
When did we stop talking?
Has someone ever told you, I don’t discuss politics and religion? That doesn’t usually mean they won’t talk about those things with anyone — just not those who disagree with them. I understand not wanting arguments and hurt feelings, but people who do not agree with us are exactly the ones we need to talkContinue reading “When did we stop talking?”
The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds
“The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.” ― Michel de Montaigne The Essays: A Selection
Best Conversations
“In the best conversations, you don’t even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can’t visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
Meeting of minds
Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn’t just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards.” —Theodore Zeldin
A failure to communicate
“Although we live in an information technology age, we often find ourselves in failure to communicate situations.” —Johnny Tan
Choose Your Words Wisely
“I think that the number one rule to effective communication should be ‘choose your words wisely’. This is because a simple choice of your words can make a great difference and determine whether your message would be accepted or rejected.” — Jason Maisons
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