Posted by Knowing how to talk does not mean your good in communication. as communication is the transfer of message from the sender to the receiver. So having bad communication skills will be a great disadvantage to your life and career in general. As you will have to communicate with people in your life. good reading, writing, speaking and listening skills are essential in order to archive your goals.
Most people don't put much attention of their body language such as eye contact, hand gestures, and tone when communicating especially during face to face conversation. You can have a closed body language and still expect an open conversation to be effective.
10 ways to Improve your communication skills
#1 Be a good listener.
The reason why you have two ears but one mouth is that you should listen more than speaking. Try to be a good listener and you wont miss any message conveyed#2 Think before you speak.
Do not just speak for the sake of keeping the conversation going speak with reasonable purpose and more rational words will always be out of your mouth#3 Be attentive to the body languages.
Most people don't put much attention of their body language such as eye contact, hand gestures, and tone when communicating especially during face to face conversation. You can have a closed body language and still expect an open conversation to be effective.
#4 Know who your communicating with.
This is very important as communication is much influenced by level of education, age, language and other factors which affect communication. Here the point is that if you know who your communicating with its easy to convey your message in the best way for them to understand.#5 Be short and Clear.
Try to make your words short and clear without altering the message to be conveyed. Lets say am talking to you and I tend to give out a detail information about myself for about 10 minutes, Serious!! its boring and you will actually find a reason to stop me from talking or eventually walk away. So keeping it brief and clear is better.#6 Always check your message before your send.
No matter how busy you may be always uses those two seconds to review your message before you hit send as a wrongly written message can convey a different meaning which might hurt you relationship with the person your chatting with or it might led to negative outcomes.
#7 Take note.
Especially if your the type of person who can easily forget, try to write down important details just incase you might forget. Some people can even forget a date with that beautiful girls down the street, So taking note of things like meeting dates, names, places which your will have to go etc.
A person who has confidence when he/she speaks tends to get more attention than the one with no confidence
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#8 Build Confidence when you communicate.
A person who has confidence when he/she speaks tends to get more attention than the one with no confidence
#9 Be respectful.
No matter who your communicating with if you show any kind of disrespectful actions the good communication chemistry will be destroyed instantly. Learn to communicated respectfully even with that cruel person you live with in your neighborhood.#10 Know when to start a conversation and when to end it.
Its so important to know if its best to start a conversation at that particular moment and place and when to end that conversation. Too much of anything is harmful, so end the conversation when you know its reasonable to do so. Don't wait for that embarrassing silence when you got nothing to say.How good are your Communication Skill? Leave a comment down below
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