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Discover the “I” in Communicate

Picture yourself as a water jug. Life experiences and messages fill your jug like water. Your individuality and uniqueness flavors what’s in there, like a Kool-Aid pouch. Along the way and throughout your life, a lot of messages pour out of your jug.

In working with students and clients over the years, this has been my most helpful way to explain why people communicate so differently. Part of our uniqueness is attributable to the distinct flavor of our Kool-Aid, but then there is also a lot to be said for all those messages and experiences that fill our jug.

FIND THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOW YOU COMMUNICATE

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