Power of WORDs

“It’s not in the numbers, it’s in the formula’
 
Do you feel that sometimes you try to explain something but after using many words and paraphrasing many times your audience is give you a clueless look? Words are like numbers, individually they make no sense, when put together, like numbers they solve a problem. 

In my last blog I mentioned that we all possess different dominant learning styles. So it’s not just what you say but also how you say it. 

For example, the visual learners learned through pictures. How about using words to paint a picture in their minds? An example is this quote by Saint mother Theresa - ‘Live simply so others can simply live’. If you are a visual learner does the quote conjure a picture of a simple living? ​

- when we use words that rhymes we create the repetitive and effects of recurring words or sounds - auditory effects. Isn’t this why some of us can still remember our nursery rhymes?

- when we use words like - he tripped, turned and tumbled to the ground, the use of a verb conjures image of movement and start them all with the same letter ‘t’ three times on a verb we appeal to the kinestatic nature of the being, the words on movement. Kinestatic learners learn best when he/she observes a act taking place in a situation. Example, a friend of mine who is a counselor and therapist recently got approached by his teenage daughter to help a friend who was hospitalized and has depression and experiencing anxiety as well. Late one night the friend called his daughter, crying and wailing, in the hospital. His daughter beg her dad to see her friend and though it was very late my friend obliged. After seeing her father at work the girl was totally impressed. When we met with her afterwards, she could describe every action and words spoken that night in details. She’s a kinestatic learner and her observational skill was at its sharpest when she sees work in action and especially in situation she herself is involved it. 
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​It pays to know the type of learners you are speaking to so that you would know the appropriate words and approach. Right words not only sends the message, it seals the deal as well. Have fun practicing!