#PowerOfLanguage

freedomalwaysmatters

@freedomalwaysmatte.bsky.social

2 months ago

When words are born from pain and hope, they become more than speech — they become change. Let your voice be part of the movement.

#FreedomAlwaysMatters #PowerOfLanguage #VoicesOfCourage #WordsThatMatter #RiseForFreedom #LegacyOfFreedom #StandForJustice #TimelessLessons #FreedomMatters

Ekimellnea

@ekimellnea.bsky.social

3 months ago

The Power of Communication: Intelligence & Compassion The power of communication transforms intelligence and compassion into true influence, making speech or writing a force for change.

Intelligence and compassion are great. But without words, they stay locked inside. Speak up. Write it down. Make it count.
#PowerOfLanguage #InfluenceOfCommunication
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Aurianne Or

@aurianneor.bsky.social

3 months ago

Democracy means power to the people. But the people are influenced by rhetoric. Someone who is a good speaker can convince the people to go in one direction or another, for the common good or not, with accurate information or not. The people are easily manipulated. In fact, a demonstration made by speaking loudly, confidently, and using emotions is more convincing than a reasoned speech. Opinion leaders exist. Logical reasoning is not the most effective way of communicating, but it is reasoned discourse that allows people to escape these manipulative games and make informed decisions. Since the philosophers of the Enlightenment in the 18th century who promoted reason, everyone’s standard of living has improved. Citizens must be educated to reason and they must learn about manipulation techniques so that they are less prone to fall for them. They must have access to expert reports so that they can make informed decisions. In a society that values those who think rationally, those who take the time to understand, those who seek reliable sources, those who aspire to social status will want to think for themselves. In a society that values instinct and personal pleasure this will not be the case. In a society that values strength, this will not be the case either. The question is whether a manipulable crowd makes better decisions than a ruling elite, which is also manipulable and corruptible. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise:_A_Flaw_in_Human_Judgment Les illusions de la puissance – Platon et la politique – Avec Philosophie – Radio France – France Culture: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/avec-philosophie/la-puissance-des-tyrans-n-est-elle-qu-un-leurre-5640009 Democracy allows decisions to be made that appeal to the majority, but it does not guarantee that good decisions will be made. Socrates pointed out that Athenian democracy did not always make the right decisions: for example, it used its hege…

The #power of #speech – The seductive power of #language: www.aurianneor.org/the-power-of...

#art #democracy #Dunkirk #headofstate #houseofcommons #manipulable #parliament #Photomontage #politicians #politics #poweroflanguage #powerofspeech #primeminister #survival #victory #war

玉葉末摘花 @駆け込み Dynamic Pure Land

@worrycream.bsky.social

6 months ago

Untitled 符号即思想，书写即力量。

「記号即（すなわ）ち思想、書写即（すなわ）ち力（ちから）。」
Fledge さんより

「悟れるものをば大覚（ほとけ）と号し、迷えるものをば衆生（ひとびと）と名づく。声字（ことば）には必ず実相（まこと）あり、実相には必ず声字ありて、互相に能所たりといわばすなわち名を得ること上のごとし。」
弘法大師『声字実相義』の解説より

#ことば
#言語学
#言霊
#弘法大師
#本歌取り
#時代不同歌合
#記号論
#ことばの力
#PowerofLanguage
#Linguistics
#Symbolism

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Zerka T. Moreno

@zerkamoreno.bsky.social

8 months ago

"Portrait painting of Robert South, a 17th-century English churchman and preacher, wearing a dark robe with a white clerical collar, gazing slightly to the side with a composed expression."

“Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.”
— Robert South

#Bluesky #RobertSouth #Similes #PowerOfLanguage #LightenTheLoad #ArgumentAndWit #PlayfulLogic #RhetoricMatters #ExpressiveSpeech #CleverWords #LanguageLovers #WisdomWithHumor #ThoughtfulDebate #Love

@riverletpress.bsky.social

9 months ago

An authentic, uplifting conversation about Words and the power language has to change kids' lives. ❤️

#CyrusWebbPresents, #PowerOfLanguage, #BestBooksForKids, #FindingYourVoice

@christoperpaul.bsky.social

9 months ago

This Simple Language Shift Could Change Everything Your words create your world. In this short clip, Harley Street phobia specialist Christopher Paul Jones reveals how the language you use to describe your fear can either keep you stuck or unlock real change. If you’ve ever said: 👉 “I am anxious” 👉 “I am scared of flying” 👉 “I am terrified of public speaking” ...then this video is for you. Christopher explains how phrases like “I am” and “but” sneakily wire your identity to your anxiety — making it harder to break free. Learn the powerful mindset reframe that turns “I am anxious” into “I *have a pattern of anxious thinking” — and why that subtle shift makes a massive difference. 👣 Start changing your internal script today. 📕 From the author of Face Your Fears and creator of the ICS Method, trusted by clients worldwide — including celebrities, executives, and those with lifelong phobias. 🧠 Want more tools to break through fear? Subscribe and hit the bell 🔔 📘 Face Your Fears – Available wherever books are sold --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm Christopher Paul Jones. Now, a lot of the words we use for our problems, maybe our fears, our phobias, our anxiety, can either empower us to change or can keep us stuck. For example, when a lot of people come to me, they often talk about their problems like I am I am anxious, I am phobic. I am fearful. Now I am. Statements often used in affirmations, and they have a lot of power. So when people define it as I am, it's almost like they're linking a behaviour to their identity. Now it doesn't matter how big this problem is, how debilitating it is. A learned pattern of feeling, thinking and emotion linked to something that isn't statistically dangerous. And so when you can define your issue as my pattern of thinking and feeling, rather than I am, it becomes a lot more manageable to solve it. There's then also words we use that stop us having the same power when we're looking to change one of those words would be, but, oh, I'd really like to do this, but anything before but is what you call a negator. My brother once told me that nothing someone says before the word but really counts. But by having the but, it takes the power out of the word. Other words, things like try, as one very famous master once said, Do or do not, there is no try, because try you're not doing and you're not not doing. So when people go, oh yeah, I'll really try and work on this, or I'll really try and do that, odds are they're going to limit themselves. And so listen, next time you're going, Hey, I'm having a party, I'm having a barbecue, and the person goes, Oh, I'll really try and come. They're not coming. Very unlikely. If they say, Try twice, they're definitely not coming. So listen out for these words. The other one is more now I'm going to give you two options. If I was to say to you, Hey, I'd like to be more relaxed, or I'd like to be happier, versus I'd like to be more relaxed, or I'd like to be more happy. Generally, the more takes out the power of that word. So it's a word worth deleting. It doesn't add anything, and it doesn't give you the same confidence or the same empowerment in your mind. Now the reason people often use these negating words is because they don't want to be too confident, or they don't want to be too happy, in case they're disappointed. They don't want to shoot for the moon and and then be let down. But when it comes to our feelings, when it comes to our thoughts, when it comes to our emotions, know that we do them. And so how we think about these things is going to determine how happy we feel, or how stressed we feel, or how able to solve this problem we feel we have. So check in with yourself and notice the word you are using, and not just the language you're saying out loud, but what are you saying in your head. And over the next few days, get used to checking in with yourself, because you'll find how you use these words is going to determine how much you feel until next time. I'm Christopher Paul Jones.

"I am anxious."
"I'll try."
"I want to be more confident."
We say these things all the time—but what if the language we use is keeping us stuck?
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#ChangeYourWords #BreakthroughThinking #EmotionalFreedom #PowerOfLanguage

Ekimellnea

@ekimellnea.bsky.social

10 months ago

The Power of Communication: Intelligence & Compassion The power of communication transforms intelligence and compassion into true influence, making speech or writing a force for change.

A great message lasts forever. Books, speeches, and letters keep changing the world. Your words can too. Write them down.
#ImpactOfWords #PowerOfLanguage

Ekimellnea

@ekimellnea.bsky.social

10 months ago

The Power of Communication: Intelligence & Compassion The power of communication transforms intelligence and compassion into true influence, making speech or writing a force for change.

A great message lasts forever. Books, speeches, and letters keep changing the world. Your words can too. Write them down. 🖊📖 #ImpactOfWords #PowerOfLanguage

Cone Johnson Berlin🍦

@conej.bsky.social

10 months ago

Today I heard someone say "run the gambit" instead of the correct phrase "run the gamut"

So @waywordradio.org have you covered mispoken phrases like that or like "For all intensive purposes" vs. "For all intents and purposes."

#LimitingCurrentEvents
#ForMyMentalHealth

#Words #PowerOfLanguage

Christo Mephisto ❌👑

@alchemicaluproar.bsky.social

10 months ago

AI, Masculinity, and the broader culture. #real #AI #artificialintelligence #men #masculinity #gender #culture #human #smart #people #language #meaning #power #control #foryoupage #viral #healthecycle... TikTok video by Jack

Just watched this deep, well-reasoned essay on the dangers of AI as applied to masculinity, colonialism, ethics and our own sense of humanity. Highly recommend watching - it is extremely powerful.

#humanity #poweroflanguage #whatitmeanstobehuman #empathy

Ekimellnea

@ekimellnea.bsky.social

11 months ago

The Power of Communication: Intelligence & Compassion The power of communication transforms intelligence and compassion into true influence, making speech or writing a force for change.

Intelligence and compassion are great. But without words, they stay locked inside. Speak up. Write it down. Make it count. ✍️💬 #PowerOfLanguage #InfluenceOfCommunication

Niels Pflaeging

@nielspflaeging.bsky.social

11 months ago

I put together a little article about the brand new "Power of Language" poster we are publishing this month. I think this is one of the coolest things we ever created!
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Niels Pflaeging

@nielspflaeging.bsky.social

11 months ago

I put together a little article about the brand new "Power of Language" poster we are publishing this month. I think this is one of the coolest things we ever created!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-...
Order the #PowerOfLanguage poster here: www.redforty2.com/product-page...

Elizabeth Halligan | Booksky 💙 📚

@elizabethhalligan.bsky.social

1 year ago

#English is great for its variety of #words 🖋️, but in some ways it is culturally devoid of soul 💔 and #empathy 🤝, and based on the Sapir Whorf hypothesis 🧠, I think that is part of why we are where we are as a nation. Let me share an example from the Hmong language... (1/5) 🌏✨
#PowerOfLanguage

LexiLovers

@lexilovers.bsky.social

1 year ago

#InspirationalQuotes #MotivationalContent #WordInspiration #Lexilovers #EmpoweringWords #LanguageMotivation #EtymologyOfInspiration #DailyMotivation #WordsOfWisdom #SuccessMindset #PositiveThinking #InspirationalWords #MotivationFromWords #PowerOfLanguage #UpliftingQuotes

Huma Naqvi

@humanaqvi.bsky.social

3 years ago

/3 #poweroflanguage
The Punjabi lady admitted with a fall needing an operation; at least I got a smile (think it was at my version of Punjabi!)
The wife of a gentleman with end stage ca, her tears & 🙏🏽 when I said he was going home were priceless
#thanksmumanddadforthelingo

Alexis L. Richardson 🥄

@alrglobal.bsky.social

11 years ago

Via @nprnews: To Get Help From A Little Kid, Ask The Right Way http://n.pr/1rBQONc Nouns v. verbs = all the difference. #poweroflanguage