In last week’s blogpost, we talked about how a High D prefers to communicate - dealing directly, frankly, no-nonsense, focused on the task at hand. To read it, click here. This week, our subject is the High I’s ideal way to communicate, which is vastly different, as you’ll see below. Since High I’s make up about [...]
A few years ago, I overheard a conversation that went like this: “But I only want to say it once! Can’t you get it if I just say it once?!” to which the partner in the conversation clearly answered, “NO! I can’t get it if you just fire through it once. I still don’t understand!” As [...]
Picture this: you’re in a meeting with your coworkers. The goal is to come up with ways to attract new patients. One person strongly states, “Listen! We’ve got to have more carrots to entice them to come in!” Another responds, “Perhaps if we up’d our FaceBook time and built strong relationships with our current patients, then [...]
As we start the series using the DISC System to improve our communication, there is an important distinction I want to point out. This one adjustment will significantly enhance your communication. Years ago, I was sitting in a movie theatre watching "Bicentennial Man", a 1999 show starring Robin Williams. He was a robot, desperate for conversation [...]
With the U.S. Open playing recently, we have been amazed at some very fine tennis games. But their goal is for the person on the other side of the net to NOT be able to return their hit. On the other hand, since we’ve been involved in the process of building a new house, then moving [...]
Have you ever had a teen who was so tenderhearted that just “the look” would bring them to tears? Or perhaps this teen was a patient who completely shut down and got very quiet under a reprimand that they needed to do a much better job of wearing their headgear or elastics? As we go through [...]
