Contents

Why do this course?
Introduction
Exercise 1 - To Be & Accept That Which IS
Exercise 2 - With Provocation
Exercise 3 - To Receive an Answer to Your Question
Exercise 4 - Ask Closed & Open Questions
Exercise 5 - Questions & Answers
Two Keys
Exercise 6 - Sentence Completions
The Self-Defeating Should
Improving Communication Skills in Relationships
Communication in Sexual Relationships
Communication in Sales
Exercise 7 - A New Way of Being
Exercise 8 - The Witness
Exercise 9 - The Movies

A PDF version of this course is available on our eLibrary page, along with more excellent communication materials.

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Why do this course?
Your relationships with other people have a great impact upon every aspect of your life. The essence of relationships is communication; and yet, even between people who care deeply for each other, communication sometimes becomes blocked. We cannot put our feelings into words. Our partner speaks but we do not hear. We stare helplessly across an abyss of silence, or in frustration we hurl attacks that drive us further apart. Work on communication skills helps us to break through these sorts of impasse.

Poor communication skills can damage all your relationships. This can affect your performance at work, your self-confidence and your physical health.

Misunderstandings and lack of communication are the basis for problems between people. For example, when a couple are unable to effectively discuss their feelings and ideas together, their relationship - including their sexual relations - may eventually break down. Furthermore, if you are experiencing problems in your relationship and because of a lack of communication skills you inappropriately attempt to share your feelings, you may experience even more rejection, hurt, and misunderstanding. This may result in your avoiding intimate communication and putting up emotional walls.

Fortunately, you can learn many helpful skills which will allow you to communicate more productively and also to be more effective at work and in all those situations in everyday life where better communication can make the difference.

Imagine how your life would be different if you were to gain these skills! If you could effectively assert your rights, yet without aggression. If you could present information in the best way to enable others to be influenced by what you say. Can you imagine what effect this would have on your self-confidence and self-esteem! Many issues at work and at home could simply disappear! Imagine what it would be like to be an excellent communicator! Not being flash or overbearing but never hesitating in communicating your wants and opinions appropriately... and being a good listener too.

You CAN become a great communicator!
The essence of this course is developing your interpersonal communication skills through actual practicing and training, so that these skills become automatic and are at your finger tips just when you want them, rather than just in your mind.

The skills you will learn are based on tried and tested methods. You may even know some of them. But knowing is not enough. You need to develop these skills through practice and training. Few can just read a book and apply its teachings - even when these teachings are excellent. You need the opportunity to practice in a safe environment.

To do this course you will need a like-minded partner and a day or weekend when you can work together intensively. You'll learn a lot about each other and about yourself!

The Mind Development course 'Effective Communication' described below is an expanded and enhanced version of this online introductory course. Follow the next link for the free online Communication & Relationships Course...

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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION - MIND DEVELOPMENT COURSE Get better in touch with others - and with yourself Learn powerful communication skills that enable you to be more effective at work and in those situations of everyday life where better relationships can make all the difference. Effective communication is the key to Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Modern man, because he has a highly developed speech and writing ability (using one hand), has become specialized in his use of the two hemispheres. In short, as a result of developing writing, verbal functions became neurologically centered in the left hemisphere of the brain. However, the price of this new freedom has been a tendency towards mental imbalance, and as a consequence, neuroses. Generally, the left hemisphere is over-developed at the expense of the right. The right hemisphere has the function of giving a sense of strategy and purpose to life. Because we lose some of this function, we may tend to feel our lives are without aim and purpose. Improvement in our ability to communicate externally is reflected by a similar gain in communication between parts of the brain. The practice exercises enable development of all areas of the brain, even those which have been long under-used. They affect, particularly, the integration of the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Each hemisphere governs a different way of thinking and seeing the world. By doing the exercises thoroughly, the student can bring both halves of the brain into mutual communication, so that he or she is freer to think holistically and experience the world from an expanded point of view. Communication is the vehicle for all further techniques, so communications skills are a vital aspect of Mind Development. The Effective Communication course includes practical exercises to enhance your capacity to listen attentively and comprehend. Following that, questioning skills are practiced, which have relevance to communication, memory and understanding. This will help you to maintain control of communication in practical, social and business situations. Benefits to you... Understanding of how communication breaks down and how best to repair it Better affection, empathy and mutual understanding with the people in your life Freedom of expression and release of unspoken feelings Much better ability both to listen and to make yourself understood Well-prepared for further mind development practices such as concentration, speed-reading and study. Effective Communication is just one of the Mind Development Courses, which are available as a specially priced package, delivered to you on CD. These courses are: Super Vision (MD1) (visual skills) Effective Communication (MD2) (communication skills) Concentration: Developing Willpower (MD3) (concentration skills) How to Study (MD4) (study & note-taking skills) Speed Reading (MD5) (reading & analysis skills) The CD also includes the full contents of the World of Inspiration 2-CD Set, normally priced at $29. This, in itself, is an incredible package of information. SPECIAL OFFER! The MD Courses Package - only US$ 120.00! The total cost would normally be $185, so you save $65! These courses are the result of 30 years of research by Gregory Mitchell, and are edited and prepared for publication by Peter Shepherd, who will provide you with email support after purchase. Click here to order the MD Courses Package Your purchase is made through a highly secure transaction agency. Plimus.com will present the transaction in your local language and currency, and provide immediate verification of your purchase. Plimus accept credit card payments (online secure transaction or by fax or phone); wire transfer of funds; Check or Money Order through the post; and by PayPal. Plimus will confirm your purchase by email and supply the download link for all the materials - plus they will inform Trans4mind of your course enrollment. If you have questions about the courses, please do not hesitate to email me with your enquiries.

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Get Over a Relationship
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Approaching Women
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