11 November 2008

Communication

3 steps towards good communication

What I discovered this week (whereby 6 people sharing one house all had their noses pointed at different directions and finally figured out that it caused them much frustration and lead to wrong decisions) is that in order to be a group of people with good communication you need to:

1. meet face-to-face and all together on a regular basis. make sure you know what is on people's minds and create a nice environment.
2. discuss important matters before bar stories. be clear about what you think, do and decide. make sure you have everyone's buy in and close the 'formal' part.
3. talk about everything else on your mind, talk bar stories, jokes, sex and being drunk. gossip, fantasize, laugh at and laugh with.

simple. easy. important

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