The Conversation Starter
RikI'm a certified coach and communication skills teacher. I write about cultivating stronger personal and professional relationships by having better and more supportive conversations in your day to day life.
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The correct way to be right
I’ve always liked being right.
Anyone who knew me twenty years ago would confirm that immediately.
I had opinions about everything, and I was rarely troubled by the possibility that somebody else might know something I didn’t.
But howeve...
What I don’t do for my kids
She’s having a tough time finding the next piece.
It’s not that she hasn’t tried. She has already carefully put all the possible pieces next to each other, assessed the options, and experimented with some possible moves.
But she’s just no...
I don’t want to homeschool
School teaches one lesson before all the others.
Learning is something adults arrange, determine, and deliver to kids.
The subjects are chosen. The questions are pre-written. The answers are known. The pace is decided.
All by others.
Th...
Talking isn’t easy
I recently took part in one of the hardest listening exercises I’ve ever done.
And I’ve done a few.
The exercise wasn’t even for me, technically. The assignment was for the other person to listen, while I simply talked.
Well, I say simpl...
Candidates for humanity
“We have an absolutely extraordinary attitude in our culture, to the new member of human society. Instead of saying frankly to children, “How do you do? Welcome to the human race!” we are playing a game and we are playing by the following r...
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I’m a certified coach from The Netherlands. I write about listening skills, relationships, and how to have supportive conversations.
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