When communicating with your youth leaders, try to avoid the following:
By Passing
- Different words have different meanings. Make your communication idiot proof so that no one can misinterpret it.
Allness
- We think we have said everything necessary after a few minutes. Always have a time for questions in order to check communication.
Guess Proneness
- Beware assigning hidden deeper motives to things.
Hardening of the Categories
- Beware over generalization, all teachers are alike, all _____ are alike, we need to recognize differences in people.
Either / Or Thinking
- Beware of categorizing things into boxes (i.e. “churches are either X or Y.”)
Blinderness
- Like blinders on horses, sometimes we can only see one way to do something. We need examine other possibilities.
Thalamic Reaction
- Think before you react. Don’t jump to conclusions.
Misuse of Small Talk
- Do not give information through small talk. It is not an effectivemeans to spread information as it may not be taken seriously
Misuse of Labels
- Labels are dangerous as they have a connotation of permanence and of being true 100% of the time. Neither is true.
Misuse of “And”
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- Beware adding responsibilities.. please do X
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- Y. “Additional”
- responsibilities “multiply” the work.
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