Steve Goodier Wisdom: From the Heart

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about relationships. Enjoy!

Columnist Erma Bombeck once said, “It seems rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.” Perhaps that is because many of us suffer from what communicator Nido Qubein terms “agenda anxiety” — the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what they might want to say to us. Sometimes we try to impress rather than express, not realizing that two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Relationships work when communication works. And communication works when we listen as well as speak; when we relate from the heart as well as the head. Read more

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Columnist Erma Bombeck once said, “It seems rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.” Perhaps that is because many of us suffer from what communicator Nido Qubein terms “agenda anxiety” — the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what they might want to say to us. Sometimes we try to impress rather than express, not realizing that two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Relationships work when communication works. And communication works when we listen as well as speak; when we relate from the heart as well as the head. Read more

Steve Goodier - From the Heart

Columnist Erma Bombeck once said, “It seems rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.” Perhaps that is because many of us suffer from what communicator Nido Qubein terms “agenda anxiety” — the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what they might want to say to us. Sometimes we try to impress rather than express, not realizing that two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Relationships work when communication works. And communication works when we listen as well as speak; when we relate from the heart as well as the head. Read more