Help...I'm Discombobulated!


dis·com·bob·u·late
verb : cause to be confused emotionally

I'll own up and admit that when I heard this word today...I wasn't entirely sure what it meant! lol

Would you have done?

The funny thing was...it was actually on a powerpoint slide presentation at the Coachville Advanced Coaching Proficiencies Training that I went to today!

As you know...I do stuff for Coachville myself...but I can safely say that I would NEVER use this word!

Coachville's founder...the late Thomas Leonard was by all accounts...a genius.

But...unfortunately...much of what he wrote, although of genius quality...has too many 'isms', 'ations', 'ilities', 'otions' and words with more than 12 letters in to make a lot of sense to 'normal' people.

As you may know...I am passionate about making sure that my 'message' gets across...so therefore I write for a reading age of twelve.

I could easily write with longer words...and quite often I have to edit down what I want to say so that it passes my twelve-year-old test.

Why?

Well...I haven't the faintest clue about how educated YOU are...nor whether you will understand some of the 'NLP-type' jargon that many coaches use to make an easy subject sound difficult.

So...I write like this so that...if you're a genius (congratulations!) you'll understand me...and, if you're not then you still will!

It's something that YOU should be aware of in your OWN communications.

I'm ashamed to say that Lesley sometimes says to me "Don't talk to me like a child!" (A habit I'm fast getting out of as I value my life! lol).

But...talking ABOVE someone has an even bigger effect....straight away they feel inadequate if they aren't sure that they understand completely what you are saying.

You don't like it when you feel like that...so why should they?

It's no good putting them through all of that discombobulation just to make a point (and look clever) is it?