Road to the RED DOT: COMMUNICATION “Communication is not simply speaking. Communication begins with connection. When two people have a connection then there is communion…. And heart speaks to heart, communication happens and a community is born. A community is not a collection of bodies in the same space. A community is a collection of hearts speaking the same speech.” …. Ravi R. Iyer, MD The domain of great speaking contains several vital capabilities that are intrinsic to the experience of life itself. First among these is CONNECTION. The second is IMAGINATION and the third is LANGUAGE and STORY as a representation of experience. These vital capacities are quintessential to the domain of being a healer. The annals of literature are filled with physicians as authors and storytellers. The very definition of being a physician is to be able to connect and care deeply about the stories of humanity. The act of caring requires that you be able to connect to the world of t...
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