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Being Too Nice Can Hurt You | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

People with supportive traits often use passive communication strategies in an effort to ease tensions and reduce conflicts. While these strategies are sometimes useful and necessary, I recommend learning to use them intentionally when appropriate rather than as a default because they are more comfortable.

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Effective Communication: Begin With The End In Mind | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

This communication strategy matches the concept of begin with the end in mind. In one of our coaching calls a few weeks ago, I suggested that she tell the person in advance that she might have further questions when she got back to her desk and that she would likely call the next day to get answers on these questions.

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How To Control Your Anger: Two Questions To Ask Yourself | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

The strategy I am proposing here aims at improving your skills in the area of expressing what is really inside rather than letting it build to the point of explosion. When we do that effectively, we get our anger under control by never letting it get ramped-up in the first place.

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DISC Model FAQ's: Can Four Styles Really Describe Everyone? | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

These are really good strategies if you want to irritate someone with the DISC model. When people use the model to define another person or to limit their potential, they use the model as a weapon. They are stereotyping and labeling. Both of which, I think, are wrong.

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