We humans are social animals. As a social animal, we can’t live without interaction for long time. But we don’t know how to interact with people, because we are not taught how to do it — not in school and not even by our family. We often become a reflection of our environment.
You may have Noticed that we find out any person from the type of words that persons use in conversation. Maybe some people uses abusive words. Some just use words if you don’t focus on intention maybe you get hurt from that. Sometimes maybe person want to say something good, but because of bad word selection, conversatioin get affected.
However, it become important to everyone they should know to keep the interaction as much as good, as much as friendly. We must understand the basic principles of communication and learn which thing lead, to which thing and why that is important. Think about it — every misunderstanding you’ve faced probably started with poor communication. Here, quality of communication matters because bad communication may destroy your relation.
In this article, you will know basic about the communication. In later articles I will share with you “How to improve Communication?”. Covering of whole topic can create a more lengthy article, so we will learn step-by-step and in small articles.
So let’s start by knowing firstly why we need this…
What is communication?
Before diving directly on problem, we should first know what does communication stands for. The word “Communication” comes from Latin word ‘Communicare’ which means ‘to share’, from ‘communis’ meaning ‘common’.
“Communication is a process of expressing thoughts, feelings, ideas or information with one another.“ The exchange or communication can be done through speech, body language, message or through different ways.
Communication helps us to get involve in things and help us to know about other person. It helps to make a strong relation between two individual or two human beings. It plays major role in interaction with human kind.
According to Ferry and Franklin “Communication is the art of developing and attaining understanding between people”.
Types of communication
It has been classified in four types-
- Verbal – spoken or written words (talking, texting, writing).
- Non-Verbal – tone, gestures, facial expressions, body language.
- Written – emails, books, essays, messages (sub-type of verbal).
- Visual – signs, symbols, charts, infographics.
Verbal communication is the most common way and most used communication type. It play an important role in expressing things with feelings. By the use of non-verbal communication, it become an emotion as it add tone, facial action, and body language.
Verbal Communication can’t be done without non-verbal communication. But non-verbal happen without verbal communication.
Even silence is also a form of communication, which speaks too in so many ways. Even some people says ‘silence speaks more than words’ sometimes.
How bond of person get ruined?
As human, communication become more important to survive. Everyone wants to convey what as a person you are feeling? whether it is to your friend, your parents or if you are committed than to your spouse.
By sharing what you are feeling! It make you feel relax and sometimes it also help you overcome with your problem. Thought and feeling sharing is so sensitive, and if you use wrong words and convey your message in bad tone. It may affect your conversation.
The choice of word become really important. Only one word can cause problem in a good conversation which may ruin whole thing. However, no one can taught you How you have to use your words? but only one can help you in guide of words used.
More things comes under this particular topic ‘how word can be used?’ will be covered separately to give full clarity about choice of words.
Is it necessity or essential?
It is a skill, which is essential in day-to-day life. Everyone must learn this skill. It has a lot benefit from making good relation, to making good friends, to emotionally strong. It also become necessity when we have to work, when we have to purchase things and in many more such places. Education of communicational skills play major role.
People with strong communication skills have a higher chance to get hire than, people less skill. Companies pay more to such people who has good communication skills.
Some great quote by people who had achieved so many things in things in life.
- Albert Einstein person with highest IQ in the world, express his thought this. He said that “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
- Great Misty Lynn Walker also express his view about this skill. He said that“A lack of communication breeds assumptions of what the other person is thinking or feeling. Assumptions are, more often than not, incorrect.”
Their is so much such thoughts which you can check on Niagara Institute site.
What should you Do?
It is really a important aspects of life. If a person excel this particular thing, then person has slight edge in almost all aspects of life. This makes you great and easily accessible to all. People love to talk to a person who is good in communication and they give a lot more importance to them.
When you start learning communication Maybe You feel stuck Initially but when once you know how things work during a conversation. You will start enjoying it and it will give you really great confidence.
“It is not just about speaking — it’s about connecting. Start small, observe, and improve one conversation at a time. In the next article, we’ll explore simple steps to improve your this skills.”
You can also check out article on Mindset. For any query and question you can comment, I will surely reply you. Keep learning and keep implementing.