I have so enjoyed Steven Pinker's The Sense of Style. If you are writing books or sermons, blogs or lesson plans, you will greatly benefit from his thoughts on good communication. One particularly poignant section captures the secret to good style in a simple metaphor. Pinker writes: The guiding metaphor of classic style is seeing the world. The writer can see something that the reader has not yet noticed, and he orients the reader's gaze so that she can see it for herself. The purpose … [Read more...] about The Key to Good Style
Communication
The Cure for Miscommunication
What's the cure for miscommunication? It's not perfect communication. It's not more information. It's far simpler. The cure for miscommunication is to shorten the feedback loop. Seth Godin writes: The challenge of communication isn't to never miscommunicate, it's to cut down the time between the interaction and the realization that the communication didn't get through. Because the sooner we know we're not connecting, the sooner we can fix it. We will always miscommunicate. Our best … [Read more...] about The Cure for Miscommunication