5 Top Tips for Positive Communication
Are you sitting comfortably? We’re a going on a tour of my S.A.F..E.R communication model.
TRY THIS...
S For Stimulus
🔍 Set a timer for 1 minute, close your eyes and listen…for all sounds; frequency, tone, volume, fluctuation, intonation, variation…
💡Top TIP - Learn to listen intentionally. What you notice, you can work with.
A for Attention
🔍 Look around the room for 5 seconds and find everything that’s blue…. (*more below)
F for Finding Meaning
🔍 Brenda is quiet and calm and a keen reader. Is she an accountant or a librarian? (**more below)
E for Emotion
🔍 Describe how you feel right now in at least 5 words.
💡Top TIP - Build your emotional vocabulary. Strong communicators recognise and articulate emotions.
R for Response
🔍 The next time you speak, ask a question and wait… a squirming-ly uncomfortable long time…
💡Top TIP - Grow your silence resilience / hold your voice (not your breath) to create space for others to think & speak.
The promised follow ups…
*What red item are there? not easy when you were looking for blue💡Top TIP - Choose to look for connection opportunities.
** Statistically Brenda is probably an accountant.💡Top TIP - Find your stereotypes (accountants are…) and question them.
SOMETHING TO PONDER...
Where are your gaps?
SOMETHING FOR LATER...
There are some S.A.F.E.R videos on my YouTube channel