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23 Comments on A Secret To Extraordinary Communication
Gary, you are so wise. Do you know that I look forward to your posts and your thoughts every day? They make me a better person, a wiser person because you take the time to share with me. Thanks for enlighting me everyday.
Gary,
And Acceptance doesn't necessarily mean agreement!!! Thanks, Fran
Heath: It opens up the communication channel.
Lizette: It's good to sit back and be quiet and listen.
Becky: Marriage and life, you are right.
Loreena: I'm glad I say something of meaning. Your posts are tremendous, filled with such veteran perspective. I enjoy all of them.
Fran: That's a very good distinction. You can disagree but "accept" the person. You have been hanging out on the mountaintops again haven't you?? : )
Wow, Gary! I couldn't agree more with the profoundness of this message of acceptance. We all have our unique story. I heard it said recently that it is our temperament and our life experiences that make us the person we are and we all have a gift to share, if not just our experience and perspective in life. It's a humbling thought. Thanks for sharing.
Gary, it is easier to accept someone if you stop and listen to what they have to say, before you look at what they look like.
Gary...
Good post as usual. Acceptance sounds easy enough, but for control grabbing real estate agents it actually needs to be consciously applied!
I can usually do so after a few meetings, but I but I need to get better at accepting people right away!
HI GARY!! Be PATIENT? That's one of my "blind spots" from your post Overcoming Your Blind Spots so I have be aware of that in accepting and being accepted.
Always a pleasure and a reaffirmation when reading your posts. Thank you!
Gary - This is a great post. Too many people with big egos. And, did you notince, those who are the most successful are really the ones who are most approachable.
Gary, great post, hope everyone reads it all the way through and really thinks about what you said. Kudos to you.
Gary: A great message. And one that is sometimes not the easiest to communicate when you are having a bad, or hectic day. We have to be able to put annoyance on the shelf and nto take it out on others.
Hi Gary,
Excellent exhortation! Acceptance is the key to identity formation and healing relationships. If we experience rejection, all kinds of attachment disorders occur! People want to be loved, accepted and valued!
A motto that I developed is "Acceptance = Acceptance!" You don't need to perform for acceptance!
Gary, what a wonderful message. It make so much sense and is so true. Acceptance is a vital part of life and we all fear rejection in one form or other.
Listening and acceptance, that would be it! But first we must accept ourselves!
Gary, This is close to a post I was thinking of....something that happened to me the other day. People don't stop and listen to others oftentimes and they don't know what they're missing. I like people the way they are, not the way I'd want them to be. Great post, thank you.
Hi Gary...We all seek acceptance. Recognizing that in ourselves should make it much easier to be accepting.
Kate
Stephanie: I so much like your thought about temperament and also that we have a gift to share. We need to know what that gift is.
William: Alright I'm ready. I have my blindfold on : )
Richard: I am going to have to work on getting you to lighten up ; ) I'm up for the challenge. Thanks for being honest about yourself.
Yvette: You are so right that when we are not natural at being patient that is a tough one. It comes with age so with your 22 yr old self, you've got a ways to get it right :)
Carol: Like you are approachable, that's why you're so good. Very keen observation.
Duane: I didn't make this one too long today. Some times I ramble which is not good.
Chris Ann: Annoyance on the shelf, I like that one. It will work with clients, but probably not your own screaming kids : )
Dan: You don't "or shouldn't" need to perform for acceptance. I love that equation.
Leslie: I think we keep testing the waters for rejection. It is cause it hurts. We don't deserve it most of the time, yet too often we are not accepted for whatever reason. Flipping it around we can be the acceptors of others and it really makes our little corner of the world better.
Carol: Very good about accepting ourselves. In a later post I wrote about Put Your Best Face Forward I drew inspiration from you with that thought.
Carole: I know you are a stop and listen kind of person, the best kind out there. When you've mastered that, you bring all the world into you. It is a tremendous character trait to have.
Kate: We have to first like ourselves, before reaching out into the world. If we do, we are on our way to great things.
Gary, You forgot Mr. Rogers... Remember? Great post... I am very accepting with people around and swim with the Pisces... I am a true Pisces.
Arina: How could I ever forget Mr. Rogers, and your beautiful post about him (me)? ; ) You are a Pisces? That means compassionate, kind, sensitive, imaginative, selfless, intuitive, sympathetic... yes that is you. I am a Libra, the balanced one.
I think of this as seeing others as Christ would see them. Sometimes it is harder than other times, but it is important to try at all times.
Pam: You are right with the New Testament observation. "I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes, naked and you clothed me..." it is the "essence" of acceptance. Very profound observation on your part.