NICE Is What You Hear [When There Are NO Inputs]
How often do you articulate things so well only to receive a curt response like 'NICE'? Should be rare BUT when hearing no more than that curt 'NICE', there is likelihood that there is NO substantive response that will be forthcoming response to follow because likely There Are NO Inputs to expect. So, we got to be sensitive and sharp enough in those exceptions so that you DON'T end up offending the person or worse, so that you DON'T get slighted because you thought you DON'T deserve such a curt 'NICE' after all your articulation⏳⏳⏳In the past, I did get caught in those 'curt reply' moments and in good faith, I thought I DIDN'T deserve such curtness NOT until I did some dissecting to figure out the situation. And in good faith, I made the following assumptions: either the person was NOT comfortable with the discussion topic OR he/she was NOT familiar enough [so that means he/she does NOT have any inputs] OR you and that person are NOT on the same page or wavelength for reasons we CAN'T even fathom. Takeaway here is that that is the counterpart of body language in verbal communicationsπππ
BTW, studies showed that communication problems are the #1 reason couples split up with 65% of couples citing this issue as the primary cause of divorce. BTW, this is NOT limited to romantic relationships as they are often at the root of conflicts in our everyday life. Perhaps we fail to say what we mean, OR we misinterpret the words of anotherπππ