Recently someone loaned me a copy of a book called Verbal Judo. The book was written by a guy who was a english professor for a while and then became a police officer. He learned really quick that all his knowledge on the use of the english language didn’t cut it in the real world. While working as an officer he studied how some of the older officers spoke and how they handled themselves. This lead to his creation of verbal judo. What I’ve read of the book seems pretty good. I’ve already learned several things on how to deal with different types of people and persuasion in general.
Then, last night at church, my Pastor taught on communication. So, now I’m thinking God’s trying to tell me something. Anyway, Pastor spoke on the levels of communication and certain things that kill communication.
Between these two sources I’m learning that most of the time we’re speak, it’s totally unnecessary. And, out of all the talking I do, little of it is actual communication.
You know, I’m the type of person who loves to learn and I’m glad that I’m learning more about communication. But it’s really ‘funny’ that I never realized how little I knew about the topic.
