Exciting times, communication-wise. Occupy Wall Street and elsewhere, people are finding their voices to express themselves.
This week, I've had a few opportunities to speak up. Sometimes it is a difficult decision for me, when to say something--should I let it ride, or do I have a responsibility to speak up? One definition for leadership from NCEE says that we need to take responsibility for what matters to us. So, I find the courage to speak up.
A friend who is in a new romantic relationship (one month) describes how her boyfriend wants to relocate to her city and move in with her. I hear reluctance in her voice, even as she's describing the great sex and how flattered she is that he's "willing to move for her." Disclaimer: I'm perhaps the worst person to give relationship advice, having divorced as many times as I've married. But perhaps I've learned a thing or two about rushing into relationships, and I felt compelled to send her a message asking "Is that what you really want?" I hoped it wasn't too "butt-in-ski" of me, and she said it wasn't.
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