What Are You Teaching?

Good Morning!! Over the years I've had a lot of managers, some good and some bad,...but what I remember most about them is the way I felt around them. Learn not to confuse bad behavior, with bad people. The people in your life will teach you something,...and you will want to be more like them, or nothing like them. Communicating with I-messages rather than you-messages is one key to successful communication.  You-messages sound like this: You just don't get it,...You are a problem,...Why can't you …? You are sooo… But, I-messages deal with facts. They convey what you feel, or how their behavior is effecting you both. Here are some examples: I feel disappointed because,...I know you can because,...I want to see you succeed … I will help you to... .

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.—Colossians 4:6 (NIV)I-messages communicate honesty and openness. When we use I-messages, we are less likely to damage our relationships, since we aren't attacking. Whether in a private or group settings, we are to be encouraging,...spiritually and emotionally, as we put into action biblical principles, that affirm and elevate,...then we are being gracious in our speech.
 

The Bible teaches us to build up, not tear down. 

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Father, help us to be more gracious in communicating with others. Help us to become better at building up, and not tearing down. Amen.

"The end of adolescence does not signal the end of peer influence,
...our friends, the people we work with, the people we choose to hang out with,
...all help to shape us throughout our lives."