Learning and Conversing LO9424

John Paul Fullerton (jpf@mail.myriad.net)
Sat, 24 Aug 1996 12:25:49 +0000

Replying to LO9364 --

>> How else can other people know what you meant without the words you
>> used? Yes, of course there is body language, etc., but we have to
>> assume that the words we're saying are conveying the meaning, and
>> then, I think, we have to check that we used the right words to
>> convey the meaning we intended.

> This exchange got me thinking. Someone I'm working with has
> recently been saying that in his view managers don't always think
> about the "message behind their words" - by which I found he meant
> the message that people _infer_ when they hear a manager's words.

Thank You for Your note. I enjoyed the note and experienced a mental
state while viewing it that may be related to the topic.

Just before "clicking" on the subject line to see what was written
about the topic, I noticed that I had sent myself from work another
note about a macro. I fixed the thought in my mind, "be sure to copy
that note to another folder". When I finished viewing Your note, I
was still in "copy" mode. I looked through the note; why am I
planning to copy this note? (Where is the reference that I would not
likely remember?") Then I realized the other "script" that I was
following. Other times I will purpose to go somewhere and then when I
get there think "why am I here; what was I planning to do?"

Maybe communications in the midst of "much business" may have an
element of "Oh, did I say that to You?!"

Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
jpf@myriad.net

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