{"id":2174,"date":"2023-01-30T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/?post_type=article&p=2174"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:20:29","slug":"clarifying-thought-and-language","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/?article=clarifying-thought-and-language","title":{"rendered":"Clarifying thought and language"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coaching and Mentoring Tip Sheet<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Language and thinking form a critical and complex interrelation.<\/p>\n

Fuzzy language can often be indicative of fuzzy thinking.<\/p>\n

Prompting clarity of thought and language can help to disentangle, analyse, interpret, organise and frame a person\u2019s perceptions, understandings, aspirations and goals.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of tips to assist in creating clarity:<\/p>\n

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    Objectively, constructively and respectfully challenge perceptions and test their validity<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Establish a clear focus for goal development that provides the greatest return on investment<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n
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    Paraphrase, organise and\/or summarise what has been discussed to refine intent and test understanding.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Without clarity, there is a risk of disorientation and confusion.<\/p>\n

    With clarity, a way forward can be identified for a person to achieve their goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Coaching and Mentoring Tip Sheet Language and thinking form a critical and complex interrelation. Fuzzy language can often be indicative of fuzzy thinking. Prompting clarity of thought and language can help to disentangle, analyse, interpret, organise and frame a person\u2019s perceptions, understandings, aspirations and goals. Here are a couple of tips to assist in creating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[47],"article-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2174","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-coaching-mentoring-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/article\/2174\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Farticle-category&post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.goalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Farticle-tag&post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}