Friday, June 24, 2011

Phrases that would destroy relationships

Your words are often experienced by others like lethal weapons. When sent out with matching non-verbal signals or HSMs, they can demolish people. Watch your verbal, tonal and non-verbal arrows.

  • What I can’t stand about you is…

  • You’re always messing thing up.

  • Trust you to come up with an impossible idea.

  • Every time you come here, there is a mess.

  • You have no idea about this.

  • We’ve tried all that you say. It doesn’t work.

· It sounds O.K, but it is quite impractical

  • Be serious. Be practical.

  • Has anyone done it before?

  • Let’s ask fifty people about it.

  • You don’t understand our culture.

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