Want to rise up? Have a healthy, long, fulfilling career? Be a good communicator. All the brains, money, and effort isn’t enough if you can’t represent yourself well over your life.
I just read this wonderful article on the Top 10 Best and Worst Communicators of 2011 and from it distilled 16 communication tips to live by. What do you think? What else should be on the list?
DO’s:
1. Be consistent
2. Be energetic
3. Trumpet a direction
4. Speak from the heart
5. Know when to keep your mouth shut
6. Be multi-dimensionally creative and create unique experiences
7. Be graceful
8. Be different
DON’Ts:
9. Don’t deceive
10. Don’t NOT communicate
11. Don’t be erratic
12. Don’t not know basic stuff
13. Don’t talk with marbles in your mouth
14. Don’t be meek
15. Don’t be arrogant
16. Don’t try to please everyone