Prepared In Every Way

Archive for May, 2009

1. ATM – Automatic Talking machine. Always have to “one up” the other person with a better story of your own.
2. The FAR problem – Formulate A Response while someone is talking, instead of listening to what they are saying.
3. Sentencing – Finishing people’s sentences for them.
4. Mr. or Mrs. Fix It – Solving or fixing the other person’s problem for them with a one-sentence solution to a complex problem.
5. Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Reassuring is not listening. We invalidate a person’s message by saying “Everything will be okay.”
6. Me, Me, Me! – Always turning the conversation back to me – the “me, too” people.

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Be positive.

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Gratitude – Remember to always be grateful for what you have.

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Yield to others – yield/play versus attack/defend

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Acknowledge others – (Name – verb – what they did). This isn’t a time to praise or compliment. Just notice what they did.

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Curiosity is not knowing. Don’t use “but,” instead, use “yes, and…”

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Listen intently. Listen for the difference in the way we are hardwired. Also, look for others lighting up. Enjoy the joy in others. Be present.

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The gift of:
money
friendship
learning
problems
family
laughter
dreams
giving
a day

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“Let us decide now what type of person we want to be, and when a difficult situation comes along, we will be prepared to pass the test.” Peter Vidmar

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