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  Today's fortune cookie is associated with Communicative Focus by Boris Shekhtman and Dina Kupchanka. (Note: communicative is more complex than just speaking.) For more posts about this book and its author, click HERE . For more posts about our foreign language publications, click   HERE .                                    This book is on discounted sales at the  MSI Press webstore . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (us...

  The following article is provided by Dr. Dennis Ortman, author of Anxiety Anonymous /American Bookfest Best Books Finalist Anger Anonymous /Book of the Year Finalist Depression Anonymous /Book of the Year Finalist Life, Liberty, & Covid The Pandemic and Hope Being Catholic in Troubled Tines (forthcoming) INFIGHTING “How blest are the pure of heart for they shall see God (Truth).” --Matthew 5: 8   “I avoid talking about politics and religion with so many of my family and friends. Our discussions quickly degenerate into arguments. Then we are fighting with each other. I just want to stay away from them.” This is a regular complaint these days. We live in a house divided. The polarization in our society is tearing apart families and friendships. Many of us hold rigid opinions about so many issues. We refuse to compromise, because, in our view, we would be betraying our conscience. The ideological differences in our society have been attributed to an ongoing “culture war” be...

Top Five Communication Points 1. Being a good communicator in a work setting or among friends is not evidence you communicate well in your intimate relationships. We stumble through mood upheaval and drama in our personal communications. A higher level of emotion is present and shapes our communication. You are entitled to express, “That’s not what I understood,” but how can you seriously claim to know “that’s not what you meant” when your partner says it is. 2. While you (or the other) can provide excellent or better audiorecall of the precise words spoken, it does not mean you are a better communicator than your partner. You have a more detailed recall; that’s it. Your recall is not the same as having an accurate understanding; communication is about understanding. 3. Forget hooking up with an official source to “prove” what the other person meant with the words he chose. The dictionary does not interpret or dictate personal meaning. 4. In conversation, meaning is put in...