Comments on: The meaning of the communication is the response you get http://confidentwriting.com/2007/11/the-meaning-of-2/ Because our words count Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2007/11/the-meaning-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Joanna Young Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:47:59 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=249#comment-829 Hi Rubab Thanks for stopping by to the site. I'm interested in your comment - but can't quite decide what I think about it. Because I spend a lot of time looking at words and writing I tend to think that language has a lot to do with it - but I guess it's hard to separate language from psychology if you track it far enough... Food for thought for sure Joanna Hi Rubab

Thanks for stopping by to the site. I’m interested in your comment – but can’t quite decide what I think about it. Because I spend a lot of time looking at words and writing I tend to think that language has a lot to do with it – but I guess it’s hard to separate language from psychology if you track it far enough…

Food for thought for sure

Joanna

]]> By: Rubab http://confidentwriting.com/2007/11/the-meaning-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Rubab Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:45:54 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=249#comment-828 psychological barriers are the main thing in communicating effectively. psychological barriers are the main thing in communicating effectively.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2007/11/the-meaning-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Joanna Young Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:34:04 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=249#comment-827 Hi Erik - that's a great quote, thanks. Going to add that one to my list :-) The point about legacy documents is a useful reminder too - I guess we can all get lazy about stock words, phrases and whole documents. As a former civil servant I can remember all too well those gruesome letters with stock phrases and lines to take that had been cut and pasted from one document into another - although the end result might have been 'safe' and accurate I'm sure it didn't mean too much to the person at the receiving end... Joanna Joanna Hi Erik – that’s a great quote, thanks. Going to add that one to my list :-)

The point about legacy documents is a useful reminder too – I guess we can all get lazy about stock words, phrases and whole documents. As a former civil servant I can remember all too well those gruesome letters with stock phrases and lines to take that had been cut and pasted from one document into another – although the end result might have been ‘safe’ and accurate I’m sure it didn’t mean too much to the person at the receiving end…

Joanna
Joanna

]]> By: J. Erik Potter http://confidentwriting.com/2007/11/the-meaning-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-826 J. Erik Potter Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:14:53 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=249#comment-826 "The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished." - George Bernard Shaw I've run into a similar issue with legacy documents at work. They've been used so long, we don't take the time to review them to see if they're still applicable. Until early this year, we mentioned sending in work to us on 3-1/2" floppy on several forms. . .do they even sell floppy discs any more? “The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” – George Bernard Shaw

I’ve run into a similar issue with legacy documents at work. They’ve been used so long, we don’t take the time to review them to see if they’re still applicable. Until early this year, we mentioned sending in work to us on 3-1/2″ floppy on several forms. . .do they even sell floppy discs any more?

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