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Communication is Everything of any disagreement has a lot to do with

how we communicate and how we listen.
Listening is probably the most important

aspect of communication. Most people
have probably heard the axiom that wisely

reminds us that we have two ears and
one mouth. We need to listen twice as
much as we speak when we are striving to

understand each other.

I’ll never forget an incident that occurred
with my business partner, Trish. We had
been together at least six to eight months

and before that, we worked together
six years as she was my client at Exxon

Chemical. When she became my business
partner, we started seeing things about
each other we had never seen before. One

day she did something that I didn’t like
and I said so. I told her I thought she was

being passive-aggressive. Her response was,
“Everything is about you. Why do you have
to take things that way?” She left in a huff

but calmly insisted it was all about my over
reactive sensitivity.

Later that night I recorded thoughts of
the interaction in my journal, I wrote I

don’t know what she’s angry about, but
she’s doing stuff to get even with me. I

saw her as being an angry person as I
was seeing a lot of anger coming from
her but she wouldn’t admit it. She called

me at that synchronistic moment as
I was writing and said, “You’re right.

I am angry with you.” I said, “Good.
Now we can do something about it.

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