Before You Hit Send

Preventing Headache and Heartache

By: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

Narrated by: Emerson Eggerichs

Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

When will we learn?

With every sunrise we are given plenty of new examples of people "hitting send" and soon regretting it. Social media means what it says: It is social! Our methods of communication today allow for something to potentially be broadcast to everyone from Pekin, Illinois, to Peking, China. But it's not only Twitter fanatics who can find themselves in trouble. Every single one of us is capable of falling prey to this growing plague.

Every day we have the potential for both verbal and written blunders. It makes no difference if we are talking to a stranger over a meat counter, chatting on a cell phone with our mother, or sending an email to a coworker; we can and do miscommunicate, and people can and do get the wrong idea. When we don't pause long enough to think before speaking or writing, it commonly yields a misunderstanding and leads to a clash. We end up being the person who said, "You know that sphere of the brain that stops you from saying something that you shouldn't? Well, I don't have one of those."

This book is about preventing that misunderstanding and allowing for understanding. Said another way, preempting people from getting the wrong idea and enabling them to get the right idea! We all need work in this area in far more ways than just glancing through a checklist.

From external examples to internal turmoil, Before You Hit Send is about the four things we must think through before communicating. In all things we wish to say or write, we would be wise to ask ourselves:

• Is it true?
• Is it kind?
• Is it necessary?
• Is it clear?

When we ask and answer these four questions honestly, we will be thinking wisely before we speak. But to explore this fully, we need to find out a whole lot more about ourselves and uncover why we consciously and subconsciously get into these communication disasters to begin with. You may be surprised what you discover about yourself. Shall we begin?

©2017 Emerson Eggerichs (P)2017 Thomas Nelson Publishers

5 stars

I loved it! Wonderfull points. This books talked about problems AND solutions. I recommended it to others.

love this book.

Great book for this generation of instant replies. Listen to it twice this year.

Great for Christians in business and personal life

Great practices and outlook with relatable examples for ourselves and those in our lives. I have found this useful in business, in marriage and in parenting.

Keep it kind

I gained a great deal of understanding on how to better communicate with others. Now to learn how to pause and implement. I would love to share with some of my loved ones, but it wouldn’t be well received because of the religious references. Those who are not Christians may feel excluded.

excellent book

don't hesitate to buy this book. we loved it
very insightful and very timely. Emerson is fantastic author.

Great insight

Full of wisdom and thoughts that will help me personally evaluate everything whether email,text or any speech before I hit send.

Necessary

Wise counsel, well organized, with an important challenge to reconsider what I'm sending out—instead of either spending time in damage control...or wasting time in denial.

This book is worth purchasing.

Good read for all ages! Emerson did a wonderful job writing this book, he breaks things down to simpler terms.

Good points

Lots of good points. And it will make world betrer place but is hard to do

Always room to grow!

Good points, strategies on how to detect less desirable behaviors in my own life and how to coach others in a true, kind, necessary and clear way!