One of the most important skills that I believe would be beneficial to my life is effective communication skills. It is the secret to making friends, doing well in job interviews, avoid misunderstandings, being productive and improving my social life.
Everyone knows how important effective communication is in our modern society and with it; it will get you to almost anywhere. To give a good presentation, going for job interviews, finding a good job in future, convincing my lecturer to give me a good grade on this assignment, all this are the more practical side of the benefits of good communication.
The less practical side of it, allows us to socialise better. It helps me to build bonds and friendship with people that could last a lifetime. Good communication allows me to know a person better through the way he speaks and whether we would have a common topic, reduces awkwardness as we each get to know each other better. It also makes working with other people a lot easier and work will be done more effectively and efficiently.
It is difficult for anyone to go through life without knowing the importance of good communication and applying it to their daily lives. As I believe establishing such relationships with people will give me a wider social network, have more connections and better job opportunities and it will be one that I am able to rely on for almost everything in life.
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Hi Tammy,
I agree with you that we really need to have an effective communication skills in our workplace, relationships with friends and many more.That why we are taking ES2007s right?
However, you also miss out the importance of active listening like me until some one pointed it out.
While reading the entry, which very succinctly looked at the benefits of effective communication, I was very quickly reminded that in addition to looking at the benefits for us, it is important to look at the benefits for the other parties involved as well so that we can better achieve our communication goals.
Be it the audience to the presentation, the HR manager in-charge of the interview, the future employer, or the “lecturer (giving you) a good grade on this assignment”, I find that it is important to go into a communication situation knowing how we can bring value to the other party involved. Even in the “less practical” situations, I guess it can be argued that the human instincts for societal acceptance is the major driver for closer human interaction. So perhaps, before going into a situation where interaction is necessary, it might be good for us to evaluate (even if its just for a split second) how we can better benefit the other party and hence help us communicate better.
What do you think of my proposition? Am I being overly scientific about communicating with others?
Thanks, Tammy, for this post. You mention many of the **situations** where effective communication skills are needed for effective social interaction, whether in a school situation, applying for a job, etc. What you don’t do is mention what those skills might be. (Writing, presentation skills, active listening, etc.) You also don’t really address which particular skills you see as most important for YOU. In this way, I feel like you’re just skimming the surface of this assignment.
One statement that you make that I find odd is this: “The less practical side of it, allows us to socialise better.”
First of all, the sentence is awkward because of the inserted comma. But more than that, the meaning is weird. Do you mean to say that “socializing” is not so important? In fact, many experts would argue just the opposite and say that being able to interact with others well is an absolutely vital skills. Your last paragraph says exactly that. The result is that I feel your ideas lose focus.
In retrospect, what do you think?