How often have you left a meeting with a customer or your boss telling yourself he likes my ideas. Only to find later that you didn’t get
sale or your boss has told everyone that you are crazy. As we get older it seems to us that everyone talks in code. No one tells us what they really mean. Everything is hidden behind a veil of double talk.
But all is not lost. We found a copy of code breaking manual on web site of that well known code breaking magazine, Harpers Magazine.
It’s no ordinary code. This is special. We had many discussions before we decided to reveal secrets of code to you.
This is code you need to understand what us Brits are talking about.
It was found on a wall in European Courts of Justice and released to world, by a journalist for The Economist (who else we hear you ask) in 2004. We thought it so important to your survival in world that we have reproduced it here.
We hope it will change course of war against failed communication and create foundation for ongoing successful conversations.
What they say: I’m sure it’s my fault. What is understood: It is his fault. What they mean: It is your fault. What they say: I’ll bear it in mind. What is understood: He will probably do it. What they mean: I will do nothing about it. What they say: I was a bit disappointed that . . . What is understood: It doesn’t really matter. What they mean: I am most upset and cross.
