What Do You Mean by "Communication"?

So I've got this talk about communication, and how it's so important and the heart of human interaction and all this. But then I thought, well, a bloody lot of good these ideas do anyone if the reader and I aren't on the same page.  So here is my attempt to define this expansive term.

How to Demonstrate that You Don't Care

"I want them to think big, but everyone keeps doing the same small-time stuff." "They think I don't care, but I really want to move us forward." If these phases sound familiar, it may be that you're doing a great job of sending mixed signals. A lack of consistency is the quickest way to communicate, "I don't care".

This cat is indifferent to your plight.

Care about what? People. Whether it's your co-worker, daughter, friend, brother, wife--in any case, a lack of consistency discourages people from trusting you to care about them. The list below gives six examples of these inconsistent behaviors.