Journal week #3 – Originator Jeff

What I already knew about this week’s PCOMM…
I knew there were several meanings to the word “value” pending on the perspective of the person saying it… but it’s still fun to hear them all.

What I still wonder about this week’s material…
Marc has some odd speaking friends, I still haven’t figured out what “…forgive my maniac in the brainiac” and “Ah my papa” really means.

What I learned this week…
a. How being a good observer is so important. I’ve always enjoyed Dr. Hannibal Lecter for his powers of Observation and Persuasion, of course not his taste for liver but… nobody’s perfect right.

b. The importance of the “:” as apposed to the “,” in an opening to a document addressing someone… something like “anal retentiveness” keeps coming to mind as well, not sure why:)

c. Two things I learned this week that will be very handy for writing are Basic 6 and DISR, if I can actually remember to think about them while I’m writing. They will also be handy, I’m sure, to remember for the Midterm on Wednesday.

d. I also leaned about Summarizing articles, good stuff… that’s my summery.

Again, setting up my wife as my prime test subject and Marc as the reason for doing it, I started summarizing everything. When ever I was asked “How do you feel about”… and “What did you do today?”, I summarized like a mad man.
I’m having a hard time understanding the relationship between business communication and actual relationships because that worked out to be yet another strike in my wife’s eyes against Marc? Odd:)

My contribution this week…
Due to only having one class this week, so the contribution level was lower. I tried to fight the dead air urge to “blab” in class so other people could speak as well instead of just having to listen to me all the time… worked alright:).
Is that a negative contribution though?