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

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