Making Helpful Changes to Your Communication

Mike Bechtle wants to help people communicate better, especially in our social media world where everybody is talking all at once and nobody is really listening. On this Focus on the Family broadcast, Mike explains how we can add "more weight," or value, to our communication in order to be heard, how we can use emotion in positive ways to energize conversations, and how we can approach confrontations by setting the goal to grow and strengthen relationships, not attack or argue. He describes the power of our words as well as the power of silence in a conversation, which gives us time and space to collect our thoughts and communicate more intentionally. Mike also explains why "outcome-based" conversations are more effective and how humility can improve communication.

For more from Mike, check out his book It's Better to Bite Your Tongue Than Eat Your Words: The No-Regrets Guide to Better Conversations.

If you'd like a digital download of this broadcast, you can get it here.