When all else fails..."Use Your Words" Putting it all out there - Intro.

Three Parts, Harmony (?) Just coming off a "Clandestine" mission, (see last several posts), I begin here, today, with you (if you're not here you wouldn't be reading this), to "Once and for ALL" communicate with you "above board", about more overt, deliberate communication, all inclusive, putting it all out there for you. Referring to voice, print, body...language. How we talk the talk, walk the walk, write the wrongs (?!). In each case, the critical importance of how these three modes of communication have value in their own right but when utilized consecutively, in tandem, even simultaneously, they can be harmonious and highly effective in getting ideas, opinions across, even accepted, or, when not done effectively, can lead to misunderstandings, lack of acceptance, and/or noncompliance, as in... 

"What we've got here..." Can you hear the iconic line, from the iconic movie "Cool Hand Luke"? The full quote, "What we've got here is failure to communicate", ranked #11 by the American Film Insititute on the list of the top 100 film quotes of all time, just behind "You talking to Me?" ("Taxi") and two ahead of "Love means never having to say you're sorry" ("Love Story"). The words of the prison captain (which Luke enjoyed truncating "Cap'n") were misquoted more than once, where substituting the word "a" changes the phrase ever so slightly, a one word 'pivot' (in today's lingo). The inclusion of this quote and many others in the top tier are a tacit indication of the AFI's appreciation for the power of language and how just a turn of a phrase or even just an insertion (or deletion) of one word can have HUGE! (can you hear the emphasis?) IMPACT! And who among us haven't been misquoted; who among us haven't been guilty of misquoting? All of which reminds me of the...

Power of Language(s): One of the traits or accomplishments that have always impressed me, at least since high school, was a person's ability to express themselves well, either aloud or through their writings, being an accomplished "wordsmith", which grew to include a person's ability to communicate through more than one language, which eventually became inclusive of those who speak, read, and effectively communicate through 'body language' (including sign language, both informal and formal). Is it any coincidence, then, that I find myself in a profession where both the art and science of communication are instrumental in gaining an understanding of others, as well as influencing an outcome? The importance of all three modes of communication (verbal, written, actions), while heretofore appreciated by me and you, have at least for me become more acutely so due to a confluence of political, pandemic, global, and historical factors (combinations thereof). Thus, I will, in three parts, review, share with you some stuff I've learned about both effective and ineffective ways to do these. As usual, given the power I wield here, I may not do so in consecutive posts, given that I have other stuff to share with you. Such as...

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