5 Sure Ways To Enrich Your Communication
There is more to communicating than just talking. Communication skills go a long way towards making your life easier not just at your work or business place, but also with your family, friends and anyone else you may relate with for that matter. Let’s examine a few things that can get you started in the right direction.
1) Knowledge
If you want to be a good communicator, you have to be trained to do so. To be an effective communicator, one has to recall and practice what they have learnt.
2) Listening
Many people equate communication with eloquent speech. This is definitely true but the term active listening is a key component of effective communications as well.
3) Patience
Not everyone communicates the way we do and cultural and ethnic considerations come into play when people talk and send messages. If we are not patient, we may miss the vital points of their message, thus giving us a wrong response.
4) Eye Contact
This is important whenever you are speaking with someone who is physically in front of you. Avoiding someone’s gaze or looking away when talking may signal lack confidence, or the communicator is not truthful.
5) Body Language
A huge percentage of communication lies in the unspoken. Facial expressions and body language can give off a lot of clues and information. So maintain a positive outlook and do not show a negative posture like slouching, drooping hands, or sliding backwards in the chair, or yawning.
Source: 1klassifieds, New Straits Times, Monday, January 18, 2010
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