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Taking Control of Your Communication

Posted by Lloyd Johnson | Posted in Motivator | Posted on 09-07-2010

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Communication is such a key part of our day to day lives. If you are regularly in contact with other people and you care about what the other people do (or do not do) then improving your communication skills is of vital importance. Yet, communication skills are rarely taught, let alone refreshed. So the next few motivators are going to specifically look at ways to quickly and easily improve your communication skills.

In Western Society it isn’t uncommon to find people who approach communication like they have 50% of the responsibility. Who has the other 50% of the responsibility? Probably the person they are communicating with. The secret to successful communication is believing that you have 100% responsibility for the communication.

If you’re talking, that means your communication is ONLY successful if the other person fully understands what you’re saying. If you’re listening, that means your communication is ONLY successful if you’ve fully understood what the other person is saying.

Take 100% responsibility for your communication

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Comments (1)

Communication is the foundation of all relationships. Some of our relationships are quite complex dealing with our interpersonal lives, daily moods, personalities, office politics, etc. Other relationships exist in space like this blog or in email. And regardless of the mode, the same challenge persists in trying to communicate clearly.

Thanks for this good article, Johnson!

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