In my last blog post, Avoiding Misunderstandings, I talked about “fixing” those misunderstandings that happen so often in conversations.  As I started this blog post, I realized that I skipped a step.  While “fixing” is important, wouldn’t it be great to prevent those misunderstandings in the first place?  Of course…an ounce of prevention is worth [...]

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 Has this ever happened to you? You’re nice and relaxed, and all ready to talk to someone when someone walks into the room and you just tighten up.  You find you can’t think, you become totally spastic, and even though that one person hasn’t said or done anything, you just feel tight having them around. 
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