Today let’s look at what happens when someone asks you to do something, and your response doesn’t match what they had in mind?
Miscommunication – familiar in employer-employee, partner-partner, parent-child exchanges – shows up hilariously in the Tik Tok video below:
@zemartins18I just wanted squeezed ?? ##humor♬ original sound – Jose Martins
When our response doesn’t completely delight them, how do we respond?
Oops, can we stay flexible and open?
Relaxing, letting go, and even having a freshly-squeezed-orange juice-laugh puts everything back in perspective. We enter a friendly space where we trust our connection to the person. Together we can sort everything out.
Laughing with you,
Relationsmiths, Nancy and Sharon
This week’s challenge: Laugh often, taking yourself lightly.
