<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Communication is Hard]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>We all do it every day, so it should be easy. But it&#8217;s hard. Or, perhaps I should say, it&#8217;s hard to do it well.   <img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6045" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/everybodys-talking-about-it/file0001964396712/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A510&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1142945399&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="mouth" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=1024" class="  wp-image-6045 alignright" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=175&#038;h=131" alt="mouth" width="175" height="131" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=175&amp;h=131 175w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=350&amp;h=262 350w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=150&amp;h=113 150w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225 300w" sizes="(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px" /></p>
<p><a href="https://leadershipfreak.blog/2017/06/14/15-ways-to-talk-so-people-will-listen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15 Ways to Talk so People Will Listen</a> can help.</p>
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