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 Communication exercise
Take a stand – and then stay flexible /
“Yes, I care!”
One of the biggest problems in communication is indifference. It causes a loss of time, energy and a huge loss of sympathy.
So here is my easy exercise to overcome this problem. You can do it for a day, a week or for the rest of your life.
 Forbear from saying “I don’t care”, “I have no preference”, “It doesn’t make any difference to me” and sentences like these.
Take a firm stand! This is not about getting pigheaded, but to find a basis for developing compromises. Know what you want, say so – yes, in a friendly way, stay flexible, find a compromise, and be happy with it in hindsight, too.
Learn to recognize faster what you really want. Start with little things. Probably it is not world shaking if you wear a red or a green shirt this evening or if you eat an extra portion vegetables today or tomorrow. But if you get used to decide these things in a hundredth of a second, you know your really preferences in more challenging topics as well.
Then you can find together with your conversational partner a solution to get satisfaction of your both needs and stay comfortable with it in the long term as well.
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