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Better Communication Skills...

Now that is good communicatin'!

• Of course it would be almost impossible for me to communicate the complexities of communication - verbal, nonverbal, effective, improving skills, communication in relationships, interpersonal relations etc. - in 800 words or so.
  
  
• In fact, there are an awful lot of websites and web pages about communication. And I'm sure there are thousands of self help books too on the subject.
  
  
• So why isn't the message getting across then? Why do most of us still find it difficult to communicate effectively? Can't we just follow some simple rules, put into practice some simple communication tips and guidelines?

After all, the importance of good communication cannot be overstated.

This page will help. Yes, this will get you started in basic communication skills via my own experiences and via content (and a communication test) from respected communications-related websites. Skills for good communication await both you and I - oral skills, listening skills, even effective interpersonal communication skills, the lot.

Your job (and mine) is simply to read and to put into practice. Enjoy. Oh, and do get involved please, and tell us what you think! But now, some talking waterlillies...

	"Okay, okay, if we want to listen to everyone then we'll be just have to take our turn. Let the smallest of us go first""

Communication Skills

What the Self Help Collective says...

Well, this is what you'll find on the Self Help Collective website - the communication of many, all carefully selected and commented on by me:

What I say...

I have a confession to make: I think I'm pretty good at communicating. I'd even go so far as to say that said communication skills - verbal, written, listening - are one of my strengths.

I also know that I make many communication mistakes each and every day - as do people who have relationships with me - so I could definitely do with improving and becoming more effective at communicating.

Yes, there are days when I listen closely to people and respond accordingly and there are other days when I can't wait to finish their sentence or I'm thinking about something else at the same time as they're talking to me. Ooops!

Like you, probably, I know what it takes to communicate effectively; it's doing it that's the hard bit.

Worse, though, are the times that I've already decided that whatever the person is going to say to me is 'wrong' (and you only have to read self-help books like How to Befriend Your Shadow or Bonds That Make Us Free to understand how self-sabotage can undermine effective communication). This type of behaviour does not make for good interpersonal relations, oh no!

Yes, as David Bowie once sang, "It ain't easy!" Still, it is possible to communicate more effectively, I know it is. How? Learn from others, learn from ourselves but always, always be doing - that's how.

One last thing to say about communication. Yes, I joke (above) about not being able to explain communication on a single page. Some people, however - cleverer people than me - are able to reduce communication into a single communication quotation. Like these guys...

So my final thought: good communication should never be taken for granted - that's what I say.

How about you? How good are you at the ol' communicating and what mistakes do you make far too frequently - do let us know, eh!

What 80s band Spandau Ballet says...

"Communication let me down!..."

Great song (and what outfits)!

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