Communication must become total and conscious before we can stop it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Total awareness of communication is required to cease or alter it.
- In plain terms
- We need to fully understand communication to stop it.
- What can you take from it?
- Awareness is key to controlling communication.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are you communicating?
- Are you aware of it?
Another view
Total awareness may be impossible or inefficient.
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