I'm going to do my...what I have kind of come
to call the theme overture.
In a symphony there's usually this song at the beginning
of the symphony that kind of takes all the themes
of the symphony
and kind of has kind of a brief overview
So I'm going to do just a brief overview or overture of
Communication and just talk a little bit about the things that I've observed
as I've studied the people who have this theme and then we'll have Heather
kind of add her understanding to that as well.
Really Communication is really about people who have this natural
ability for verbal expression that brings conceptual clarity and social connection.
So it's it's both a social theme but I think it's also adds to understanding.
In fact, one of the things that I really
have sensed that people with Communication
really value-- is they value being understood.
They want people to get what it is that they're saying.
And the way that they do that I think sometimes, it certainly
could be about people who are very good at presentations
about speaking, but I think
it's also about
it's not just monologue, It's also dialogue.
It's about the conversation. It's the give and take. It's both talking
and listening. The dialogue. And so I think at its best,
at its most mature version, I find that people with Communication
are very good conversationalists and it's in the context of
conversation that understanding really comes from.
The Domain that this particular theme is a part of is
in these Domains that we have is the Relationship Domain, but I also
can see how this could also
be a theme that gives people some influence.
I often talk about verbal influence. People who influence other people.
with what they say and how they say it.
and so I would just suggest that we might also think about it conceptually
in that Influence Domain.
Some of the nouns that I kind of think go with
this particular theme are
words like "talker"
"presenter," "conversationalist"
"story teller," "verbal processor," "explainer" and maybe even "writer."
I wouldn't be surprised that there are some people with this theme
might be people who like to write. Express their thoughts on words,
on paper. Adjectives would be "talking," "presenting," "processing"
"transparent," "interactive," "expressive," "captivating"
and even "entertaining" I think could certainly go with this.
This particular theme I think occurs about 13% in people's Top 5
so it's certainly
not the most frequent, but it's not the most infrequent.
It's kind of in the middle.
In terms of the theme that is most likely to be paired with this particular theme
And this is really not a surprise-- It's WOO. And it's really a pretty high
relationship .45. If you have Communication,
.45 percent of the time
you're going to also have WOO. in your Top 5.
The least likely paired with Communication is Deliberative.
And that makes some sense. Just like Deliberative is kind of
not paired frequently with WOO, it's also
not paired frequently. So I think
the whole idea of being expressive and kind of open
are things that characterize this Communication theme.
I thought about the relationship between themes and we can talk a little bit
with Heather about this when we get her on here, but I think about
themes that could certainly moderate Communication.
And have an effect on kind of softening it.
It could be possible to have Deliberative with Communication.
It just wouldn't happen very often. But it did. The person who had it might
be a more careful communicator.
or Responsibility. Heather I think that maybe Responsibility
is pretty high for you. (Heather): yeah
So I think about someone who is an ethical communicator. I mean
to some degree
your Responsibility might determine how you say something.
You want to say it in the right way.
Intellection and Communication. Could be someone who needs to think a little bit
before they talk. And then finally, Individualization, which I think is
another of Heather's themes. And this is really about someone who
customizes their communication. They don't say the same thing in the same way
to everybody. They really want to customize it to the audience.
or to the person. There might also be some themes that I think could
intensify Communication. For example, someone that has Belief
might be a very passionate communicator.
a very...speak with a lot of conviction.
about a value or a cause that is important to them.
People with Futuristic might be inspiring communicators as they
paint pictures with words.
People with WOO could be very charming communicators
and people with Positivity
might be actually kind of optimistic communicators.
even charismatic kind of communicators.
So, those are themes that kind of intensify
that particular theme.
I was thinking about some
maybe some quotes
about communication and one of them that I heard,
you've all heard the phrase, "Silence is golden."
I think someone with Communication might say silence is not golden. [chuckles]
[Heather laughs] And the reason... Here's the reason why
I think to some degree
silence can easily be misinterpreted.
What does it mean that you're quiet? Usually when we speak
it's easier to understand how someone's feeling.
I also came across another quote that I thought was kind of a good one.
I have this kind of interest in the soul of a person so this is what a
person by the name of... the name kind of is not printed here
so [chuckles], I'll get it later. But here's what this person said:
"One's language is a spiritual location.
It houses your soul. If you were born in America
all your...all essential communication
your deepest conversations with yourself will be
in English. Your English is the principle instrument
of your humanity." And so to some degree,
there's a real connection between who you are and the words that you speak.
And I think that's especially true with Communication. And then 1 more:
"Words are singularly the most important, powerful force available
to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively, with the words
of encouragement or destructively, using words to despair.
Words have energy and power, with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder,
to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble."
And those words are from Yehuda Berg. And I think it really kind of
sets the stage for the value of words.