Communication is not Complex. It's Simple except - we make it convoluted.

Communication is way easier than you think. Stop avoiding it. 

Communication is just talking.

Communication is having a conversation, responding to questions, smiling, offering a speck of hope, and listening.

I was at an event on Tuesday’s Election Night (big election day in Michigan this week!) and got to hear “the conversation” from the new Republican Party Chair of Michigan, Pete Hoekstra.

What I heard from him was:

• Conversation - even from the stage
• Authenticity - both one on one and on the stage
• Humility - he shared the stage with others
• Kindness - offered kindness to those in the room who worked against him at one time or the other

He did not give a 3 hour speech, or read from a teleprompter or stand in the corner and assume “communication was happening.”

I walked away with an extra speck of hope.

We must all learn TO communicate. We must stop hiding from it.
And it’s time to stop assuming someone else is doing it.

Talk with purpose and intentionality. Communicate with joy, interest, and a heart of service and watch how things get better. It can make all the difference.
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Silence and hiding from communication is no longer an option. It’s time to lean in and start to communicate. Thank you Chairman Hoekstra for encouraging me: there is hope on the horizon.

Communication matters.

And if we ever want to win again as conservatives, as leaders, as peers - we need to embrace it.
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Lean into some of these resources to start to take yourself to the next level!

• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Saying It Well: Touching Others with Your Words
• Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
• The Value of Communication: Why It Should Matter to You