Proverbs 15:2 (NKJV)
The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
The stored-up knowledge of experience becomes most useful when communicated wisely. It takes care to communicate – proper time, proper place, and proper thoughts.
Using any of the many personality inventories gives clues to how a person processes information – how to speak their language. Blanchard/Hershey’s Situational Leadership posits that the right leadership style is based on the person being led: leaders communicate with awareness so that relationships can be built – that’s using knowledge rightly.
Foolish people practice “throwing it out there to see what sticks” with no concern to listener’s style, their underlying fears, or where they are in work experience – that’s more like “belch[ing] out foolishness” (NLT) than speaking.
Are you taking the time you need to communicate wisely?
Copyright ©2007 by P. Griffith Lindell
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