Have you ever gone through your closet and sorted out your old clothes? You know, ones that either don’t fit, or that aren’t your “color?” I learned recently that I shouldn’t wear black. I think half of my wardrobe is black. So, I decided it was time for some clothing reassessment.
This isn’t unlike how we respond to getting rid of bad habits. We know we should get rid of them, we’ve learned what we should keep and what needs to go, but when the going gets tough we revert back to the familiar. But we need to let them go and make way for new, improved habits!
Breaking Bad Communication Habits.
Do you have a communication habit you need to let go of?
Do you talk more than you speak? Or maybe, you are really good at interrupting and want to change that? It’s hard to break our communication behaviors that we have hung on to for so long. Our human nature makes us want to hold on to the familiar and resist change even if we know it’s for the better.
If you are working on changing a habit, give yourself some grace. But, when you find yourself putting bad habits back in your closet to stay, go back in there, put them in a bag and get rid of them. You’ll be so glad you did.