Earn Their Trust Every Time: Breakthrough Communicators' Tip # 10
Hello everyone,
This is Christopher Peck with Speak Into Action Communications.
Breakthrough Communicators have needs too. We have our own dreams and desires and we need a healthy community to help us achieve those goals.
And there is an invaluable trust-building step in effective communication which ensures a stable bridge between the needs of our other and the needs of ourselves.
Show acceptance.
We have to show acceptance for who our other is right now, in the present.
Resist diving into everything they're doing wrong in their lives, businesses, careers, etc. All the ways they're limiting their own potential and success.
It sounds obvious.
But I see it happen all the time.
"You're doing it all wrong."
"You'll never be get it right if you keep..."
"No wonder you're not succeeding."
This negativity immediately triggers self-defense mechanisms and disengages the child in charge. At which point you're no longer talking to the inner-decision maker and the possibility of developing a more meaningful relationship is lost.
The opportunity to coach, challenge, mentor, and encourage and foster growth will come.
But we have to show acceptance first.
Your other is enough.
Smart enough.
Savvy enough
Funny enough.
Bold enough.
Prepared enough.
Otherwise we would have sorted them out while modeling and matching behavior and we wouldn't be pursuing a deeper personal or professional relationship with them.
So, in your day-to-day conversations, build more trust by showing acceptance. Assure your other's child in charge they're on the right path to achieving the love, community, and security they so desperately desire by being enough today.
You'll be happy you did.
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This is Christopher Peck with Speak Into Action Communications; helping businesses perform better by training better performers.
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