Santa Claus is part of the magic of Christmas for a child. Ultimately, one day, some kid will mention something negative about Santa Claus to other kids.
Similarly, every day in our organizations, our businesses, our communities, and our relationships, communication is happening.
Sometimes communication is about something negative.
Communication is more than just sending and receiving words. Those words carry meaning and emotions.
We need to be responsible for the words we say and how we use them.
The first lesson we can take from this is about the person communicating the message.
Does that person have the responsibility to communicate that message?
Does that person have the right to communicate that message?
Is the person communicating that message for the right reasons?
What is the purpose of communicating that message?
In this case, this student could have wanted to show her superiority to other students, or she was impacted negatively by hearing this news and wanted to bring other people down to her level.
This is important for us to understand. Information like this can cause someone to feel alone, to feel like they no longer understand the belief system of other people around them and one of the ways people deal with that is to bring others down to their level.
I know we have people like this in our organizations. They try to stir up negative feelings because they feel negative. Or they try to make other people dislike someone because they dislike them. This is a cancer in our workplaces and needs to be removed.
Remember we are responsible for the words we say and the meaning of those words because they have a huge impact on people and can have a ripple effect.
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Crucial Talks Episode 45 Marques Ogden 3 Steps to Transformation and 3 Steps to Trust
Crucial Talks Episode 44: Melissa Agnes on being Crisis Ready and Brand Invincibility
Crucial Talks Episode 43 Esther Weinberg on the Dignity Zone: Trust, Respect, and Safety in Life and the Workplace
Crucial Talks Episode 42 Joe Romm on Social Storytelling and How to go Viral and Reach Millions
Crucial Talks Episode 41 Maja Kazazic Positive Perspective and Relationships
Crucial Talks Episode 40 Steve Sims on Imperfection is our Perfection - Trust, Relationships, and Positive Mindset
Crucial Talks Episode 39 Appreciative Inquiry - People Positive: Lightbulbs and Lifeblood of Organizations
Crucial Talks Episode 38 Name, Blame, & Shame Game - Intergroup Relationships
Crucial Talks Episode 37 Self-Transformation - Four Step Process in Heartbreak Ridge and October Sky
Crucial Talks Episode 36 People, Purpose, and Potential with Jeffrey Davidson
Crucial Talks Episode 35 Legacy, Leadership, Lug Nuts - Rocky Romanella
Crucial Talks Episode 34 Transformation and Trust with Nichole Carlson
Crucial Talks Episode 33 Empathy and Cooperation - Walking In Someone Else's Shoes
Crucial Talks Episode 32 Emotionally Compromised or Emotionally Competent - Spock vs. Kirk
Crucial Talks Episode 31 Top Gun Day! Lagging vs Leading Indicators and using Appreciative Inquiry
Crucial Talks Episode 30 Discipline Disrupts Discussion - Bueller, Bueller... Learning from Ferris and a Ferrari
Crucial Talks Episode 29 How Networks...Work - Armageddon and Soldiers - Goals and Categories.
Crucial Talks Episode 28 Reduce Trauma with Communication - Deepwater Horizon and The Office
Crucial Talks Episode 27 Problems with Problem-Solving - Sobel and Easy Company
Crucial Talks Episode 26: The Sons of Anarchy - Esteem and Identity in Group Behavior
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