701: Awareness, Actions, Vulnerabilities, Engagements: Communicate Effectively and Design Your Mind to Be Kind with Elizabeth Barry

Elizabeth Barry is an experienced speaker, author, and entrepreneur. She has curated 17 TEDx talks and coached numerous speakers. As an author, Elizabeth has published books on vulnerability and effective communication. Her upcoming book, "Design Your Mind to Be Kind," focuses on three habits of effective communicators and seven personalities. Today, Elizabeth discusses the importance of lifelong learning in communication, listening, and speaking one's truth kindly.

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We all need to be a life long learner when it comes to communicating, listening, speaking out truth, saying what we mean and meaning what we say.

It's all about being brave and courageous to live in our moment of truth but to speak it kindly.

Its all about designing your mind to be kind through our COMMUNIICATION HABITS.
Its based in nature,there are macrophotographies and photographies of wildlife like birds and insects credit to @wildjerseycity instagram account.
It features more on nature of birds which is related to the 3 habits of effective communicators.

The 3 habits of effective communicators

To follow the catch - first method

Catching our selves are really difficult especially if our relationship and communication breaks down.
We need to learn to catch our selves, our words, our phrase eetc
The idea of this catch is it comes to AWARENESS and ACTIONS

AWARENESS - can help us to understand we don't have to say things in the meaning ways, in the way that we wish to and take it back to the real time.

ACTION - Awareness is nothing without action. You apologize in real time or holding our words in especially hurting people

To fly above yourself - just like the birds wings

touching your weaknesses humility and vulnerabilities
it happens when you are in the moment of stress, obstacles, challenges of communication breakdown see how you react
real time practical tip: fly above your self meaning think of your greatest mentor

Use your words wisely- like birds singing nicely

tips to lessen our speaking, listening and taking care to our selves
gaining real time engagement
in a conversation, thinking how worthy are you in corporate or in entrepreneur

These habits will help to reflect oneself to become better person and communicator. Transformation is not just sharing quotes, memes and articles through social media. It needs WORK.

In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Barry shares insights from her upcoming book, Design Your Mind to Be Kind, which outlines three habits of effective communicators and seven personalities to cultivate kindness in communication. She introduces actionable strategies: catching oneself before reacting, flying above oneself to observe behavior objectively, and using words with intention and care, inspired by nature and bird behavior. Barry’s methods aim to improve both self-talk and interpersonal interactions, fostering self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and professional effectiveness. Listeners gain practical tools for reflection, relationship-building, and personal development, emphasizing vulnerability, integrity, and lifelong learning.

Quotes

“The first habit of effective communicators is to catch yourself—catch your words, your phrases, your reactions—before they leave your lips.”

“Flying above yourself in any moment of stress or challenge gives you the chance to see how you really show up and how you can do better next time.”

“Use your words wisely, like a bird song, so that every word you speak becomes a moment of grace, character, and integrity.”

“The work of transformation doesn’t happen from reading or sharing quotes—it happens in the practice, in reflecting every day on how you can be a better communicator and a better person.”

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