Communication

Have you ever had one of these communications be misinterpreted? You meant one thing, but your friend thought you meant something else? Sometimes the miscommunication can result in confusion about a meeting time or place. Or worse, it can be entirely misunderstood and have a negative impact on your relationship.

COMMUNICATION is the exchange of information or ideas between sender and receiver, can be challenging in one’s personal life, at school, and especially in business. Today, it’s even more complex because business is conducted on a global basis 24/7, often using different languages and different communication methods. In this constant, high-speed business environment, communication blunders can cost more than you might think. Did you ever hear the saying “You only have one chance to make a good first impression”? It couldn’t be truer when it comes to communication.

     Since I live in the new generation, communication today is far more easy compared to the communication way back before. With the use of the internet and social media, you can communicate easily using video conference or call even if you are hundred miles away. The messages are also sent and received instantly. Before, you will send your messages via air mail for your message to be read on the other side of the Earth. How much more during ancient times wherein the messenger have to cross thousand miles just to send a message to another person. Some of the most common methods of communicating in prehistoric times included using fires, smoke signals, and even horns to capture the attention of others. Using fires and smoke helped individuals to share their locations and to seek out assistance when they were in trouble or looking to be found. When it comes to creating a strong rapport with any member of society, it is very important to create a strong Communication is the greatest importance form of communication. Nowadays, there are many advanced and diverse mediums that individuals use to create some form of communication with his/her friends, family members or significant others. Society as a whole become desensitized to social awareness of one another and has become mental slaves to other diluted forms of communication. These specific forms include texting, social media, and texting applications such as WhatsApp. You want objective proof? Go to any social setting for example: a restaurant, a park or maybe even a social family gathering on a glorious Sunday afternoon. In these types of social settings, you will find an abundance of people distracted by their own electronic gadgets instead of engaging in an intellectual dialogue with their fellow cohorts. They are more concerned with who “liked” their late Friday night selfie rather than injecting a few thoughtful ideas and statements within their parent’s dinner conversation. As a result, many of us have become more socially awkward as the years pass by and have lost the skill to engage in a proper form of communication.

The more we communicate the less we suffer and the better we feel about everything around.