Communicate! Communicate! Communicate!

I was reminded (again) today of the importance of clear, open and honest communication. There’s no substitute for it.  There seems to be a 1:10 rule about communication such that it takes about 10 times the amount of energy/effort to communicate something after the fact (i.e., after a communication break-down) than doing it up front.  Not to mention the potential hard feelings, bad karma, etc.

With all the ways to get in touch these days (e-mail, phone, cell phone, sms, etc.) it seems like this should be pretty easy.

I’m as guilty as the next guy about forgetting this lesson.  Perhaps writing it down here (and on a sticky on my computer screen) will help remind me. . .