Principles for Better Communication

These will make your personal and professional life much easier

Billy Frazier
6 min readMay 19, 2022
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In today’s world of remote working and work/life imbalance, communication is more important than ever.

Whether we’re joining our daily Microsoft Teams call with co-workers or hopping on a Zoom happy hour with friends, we’re desperate to connect with others while being heard and understood.

Even before a worldwide pandemic fundamentally changed the way we connect with others, one truth still remained:

Life gets easier with better communication.

From telling a joke that makes people laugh to having a conversation that lands you a new promotion, better communication makes it easier to get what you want.

Period.

This might sound straightforward, but what exactly does “better” mean and what type of “communication” are we talking about?

Better communication is communication that makes it easier to accomplish a specific goal, whatever it may be.

Using our earlier examples, if you’re telling a joke, better communication means making people actually laugh. If you’re writing an email to…

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Billy Frazier

Principal experience designer, writer, and leader who’s fumbling forward through a creative career while helping others do the same. fumblingbook.com