Change the messenger. Not the mission.
If you’ve ever yelled into the void of a Slack message, email, text, or even a lovingly curated PowerPoint and gotten… crickets, it’s tempting to throw your hands up and mutter something unkind about your audience. “They’re just not listening.” “They don’t get it.” “They’re too busy.”
But here’s the truth, served with a side of humility: if they’re not receiving the message, maybe the message isn’t being delivered the way it needs to be.
Communication isn’t a one-size-fits-all megaphone. It’s jazz. It’s gardening. It’s improvisational empathy—and sometimes you’ve got to switch from trumpet to tambourine, or from hose to watering can.
That brilliant idea? It might need a sketch instead of a spreadsheet. A story instead of a stat. A walk-and-talk instead of another damn meeting.
The goal isn’t to be heard. The goal is to be understood.
So when your first approach flops, don’t blame the ears. Blame the delivery. Adjust your frequency. Try again. Try softer. Try stranger. Try more human.
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