Yesterday I was teaching at SCC. The students are fresh and open – really awesome. One lively student asked about a relationship that she doesn’t feel is working. She expressed confusion about whether her boyfriend really cares or not.
I drew a communication pie on the board with only 7% verbal and the rest nonverbal, which is one statistic on the subject. I told her that in order to see if he cares, she should get rid of his words and see what’s left. She and another equally lively student simultaneously repeated: “Get rid of the words and see what’s left.” I think they got it.