It's Your Future - Digital Education Edition v1 | Page 43

RULE #9 GREAT COMMUNICATION IS A POWERFUL SKILL You will find that your words will attract to you what you speak. So it is not uncommon to find a bunch of negative people hanging together complaining about things. Gossipers are friends with gossipers. Disrespectful people often swear up a storm and use foul language. A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER: Let your words be precious and valuable. Use your tongue as an instrument of worthiness. Let the people around you look forward to hear you speak because you bring something worthwhile to the conversation. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER • Are there any people I am currently jealous of? • Do I gossip and talk negatively about others because I am unsure of my own point of difference? • Am I a great listener or more of a talker? • Write out 3 ways you can use your words more effectively? 1) _________________________________ 2) ______________________________________ 3) ______________________________________ • Who can you compliment and encourage today? 27