Six Reasons We Communicate Premise: infants to adults communicate (behave) to reduce two to six universal discomforts or needs. Knowing your and your partner's needs can help you spot and resolve communication problems using the seven Project-2 skills. 1) Need to feel enough respect (always present), and the need to... 2) give or get information; and/or to... 3) vent (be empathically heard and accepted); and/or the need to... 4) change something - get action and feel potent; and/or to... 5) avoid discomfort; and/or the need to... 6) create excitement - end boredom or numbness.
In this presentation you will learn about the 7 Thinking/Communication Skills, understand which communication skill to use “when”, discover useful phrases and questions to enhance communication, and assess yourself on the 30 Typical Internal and Interpersonal Communication Blocks. |
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