The Power of Words

Many times when we are working with a group, during our conversation on effective communication, we talk about the power of words and their meaning to us as individuals. We would ask the questions, “When I say the word dog, what comes to your mind?”

The answers open you eyes to how varied people’s meanings are to a simple word such as “dog”. They have said, “cat” or “poodle” or “Lassie” or even “food” (it’s not what you’re thinking )

The point is that with the variety of answers such as that, it’s a miracle that we can string a thought together and have other people actually comprehend what we are meaning!

The point of this following video illustrates how changing the words to communicate the same thing, but in a more effective and eloquent way reaps you more rewards.

Enjoy!

The Sounds of Synergy

I came upon this video and  was mesmerized by the playing of the two cellists. I’m always looking for metaphors and examples in life to explain the concept of “synergy”. The most basic is the synergistic equation that 1+1=3 or the phrase, the whole of our team is greater than the sum of its parts.

Even though the video is titled “Dueling Cellists”, it sounds like synergy to me!