Thoughts On Communication

This semester, I've had the opportunity to take an "Interpersonal Communication" class. It's been enlightening, as you will see.

Did you know that for a relationship to succeed, four out of every five interactions must be positive? Really now? I had no idea that in order for a relationship to be good you ought to have more positive than negative encounters. I paid a lot of money to learn that.

Did you know that the only way for people to understand you is for you to be honest about your feelings? Um...Nope. That was a little over my head. I really thought people could just read my mind.

Did you know that the best way to resolve a conflict is to look for a "win-win solution"? Really? I thought that the best way to resolve a conflict was to manipulate the other person.

Yep, yep, I got my money's worth.