Friday, April 19, 2019

Should You Talk About Your Problem?


You might not solve that problem by talking about it, but what if you did?

Centered problem solvers create dialogue. They listen and share in order to reach mutual understanding. The first step to mutual agreement on the solution to a problem is to understand the problem AND each other.

Got a problem? Talk about it.

-- doug smith


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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Find the Help You Need


All the problems you keep to yourself, keep you.

Find the help you need. It's not all up to you.

-- doug smith


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