Communication Skills?

Communication between humans would have already begun even before our ancestors evolved into Homo sapiens and through the ages, we slowly but surely improve our means of communication. From barks and growls to carving and pictures, smoke signals and flag signs, mail and Morse codes etc. However a common problem still persist through the ages, though refine are our current state of communication system, there are always occasions where miscommunication occurs between two parties and more often than not, lead to a series of problems.

I have more than enough of my fair share on such occasion, where most cases involve offending the other party without realizing it. This is where effective communication skills comes in to prevent, if not lessen the number of times you’re in such awkward situations. Communication skills DOES NOT only involve the proper phrasing and choice of words, but it also involves courage to speak out and the patience to listen and understand (plus a dash of luck to be in the right place at the right time). There is no point if you have a brilliant idea in your head but you are just too shy or too afraid/embarrassed to voice it.

This is not true only true in workplaces but also in your daily lives and relationships. Knowing how to communicate with others is important in building a strong relationship (and may also help you get the girl/guy :-P) and also helps promote yourself in the social network. Sure, characteristics such as good looks or deep pocket would also help to promote yourself in the social network, but having those with bad communication skills might cause you to end up as “cute guy/girl who only talks trash”. I certainly wouldn’t like that to be labeled on me.

Situations where the language part of communication skills come into play for me would probably be when I am writing my research report or during a debate on ideas. It seriously becomes a pain in the $%# when you have limited vocabulary to use to write your report, leading it to sound monotonous, boring and worst of all, unimportant. This is quite saddening because the report which is supposed to represent the research that you have done (through passion, time and hard work) could not sound as exciting as it should because you do not have the ability to not only write the data, but also present it in such a way that it intrigues and excites the readers and not bore them to death.

So in summary, why is communication skills so important? It helps you get your point across, it helps you create a social presence, it helps you in your workplace, it helps you get attention of people, it helps you get that girl you like, it helps you write an interesting article, it helps you get readers for you blog, it helps you talk to the even the weirdest people on earth, it helps you scold others and not look like a jerk, it helps you to have a vibrant social life, it helps you . . . . .

So yea the reasons we could think is almost limitless, hope I got my point across, if I did, what are you waiting for? Get the brush out and start brushing up on your communication skills!