Learning to Communicate effectively
We work – we email – we talk on the phone yet do we actually communicate effectively? It’s a difficult question to ask and even more difficult to answer. It is something we must answer individually and only then can we get to the next level.
Now, I am not trying to say I’m a great communicator AT ALL. Heck, I was going to school for Communication and recently I’ve found out that in all actuality I’m not a good communicator. Talk about devastating and eye opening huh?
OR, what I’ve done is look over the past communication and figured out the methods I would use and realize that sometimes I would apply basic principles and other times…I could care less. The question then needs to be made on how to make sure you use the principles each and every time. I know it’s not impossible and so I set forth on this journey recently.
Speaking Effectively or Just Talking?
The result? Well, so far I am finding that I am getting my point across rather quickly and am able to not “beat around the bush” to get results while at work. So many people when in a work environment don’t get to the point. I don’t know why but I have noticed that the more we speak about the situation at hand less gets done and we lose focus on what we actually want the outcome to be from communicating.
Lost In Translation was a great movie and I think Scarlet Johanson break out role. It showed though how difficult communication can be when we speak in different language or on the other end of the spectrum can have great results if we all have the same focus in mind (remember the karaoke scene?). Next time let us figure out what we want and only then go from there. If we know what WE want then the next step is quite easy, somewhat. How to get it across to the other person(s). This is the difficult part but once you do it then can you communicate easily.
Good luck – I know I need it!
