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Are you afraid to communicate what you really feel for fear of making waves, or hurting someone else?
Sometimes it feels ‘easier’ not to say anything at all rather than face a potentially difficult discussion. The problem then, of course, is that the longer things go unsaid, the greater the likelihood of misunderstanding.
In the 90s the band REM broke up because, in the words of one of the members, they had become ‘hopelessly estranged and terminally uncommunicative’.
Eventually they pulled themselves around and got back together. How did they do it? To quote Michael Stipe, the lead singer, “We talked. We just sat down and talked.”
This sounds ludicrously simple – but it really can be just that simple. Communication can almost always resolve a problem. It just takes determination on everyone’s part to sort it out and a total commitment to speak the truth. It’s not always easy, but the following pointers should help:
1. Make it very safe for each person to communicate what needs to be said. Even though what the other person is saying may be hard for you to hear, don’t get defensive and leap down their throat.
2. Listen and try to hear each other’s point of view, and to understand it as they see it, rather than filtering it through your own experience. You may not agree with it, but it is real for them.
3. Be sure to acknowledge what the other person has said even though you may not agree with it. Feeling heard is vital. Just a comment like “I can understand that” or “I see what you mean” is all it takes for the other person to feel heard and understood.
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