A courageous communicator knows when to speak and how to speak. They use their word to build, to serve, and express it in love.

You have the power to build or destroy with your words. It’s through our words we can manifest our life. You can build fear, or share the light. Our word is our power to communicate, to think, and create the life around us. Your word is one of the most powerful tools you have as a human. A courageous communicator knows and understands this power. They use their words wisely, not to tear down, but rather to build; to help, serve, and care with their words. Courageous communication can only be spoken from the truth.

Sharing an opinion is not courageous. Courageous communication is not ‘speaking your mind.’ You may hear someone say that they are the type of person who will ‘tell it how it is.’ They wear their bluntness as a badge of honor; It’s more likely they vomit their opinion on anyone who will get close. This is not courageous; it is violence; it is weakness, it is cowardly. When communication is misused it leads to blame, shame, guilt, gossip and it destroys.

To be a courageous communicator means to build others up, to extend appreciation beyond what feels comfortable. It means to share the good with others; to use your word to spread love. And also when something needs to change, or someone is off the path towards the shared vision, it also means showing them how to get back on. It takes courage to speak this truth with someone. You may think, “Who am I to show them the way – when I myself can falter here or there?” or “Why do they need appreciation, they are just doing their job?” It’s because we need each other. This life was not meant to be lived alone. Toward any worthy goal, there will be people working together. It’s in our oneness that the vision can be realized.

Heard. Watched. Read.
  • Jeff Bezos of Amazon shares how it ‘takes ten years’ to be an overnight success, the focused principles of Amazon, and how they experiment rather than fail. Watch Here.
  • GRATEFUL IN THE GRIND. This title seems fitting for guys who grind concrete. Craig Groeschel of Life.Church shares in this message, that instead of always looking to be grateful or joyful based on some external goal or achievement that we can find gratitude in every day, ‘In The Grind.’
  • “The problem is not to find the answer; it’s to face the answer.” – Terence McKenna