the importance of good communication

Have you ever soiled a good friendship or relationship due to poor communication? It happens more often than not. Many times we lose great people in our lives and our relationships deteriorate due to bad communication.

The youthful age is one that isis sufficient with opportunities to meet a lot of people without much effort. Along the line, we lose touch with amazing people for many reasons, one of which is poor communication.

The great thing about it is that once we realize that we are not so good at communication, we can always, at any point in our lives, begin to work on it and improve. By working on our communication we may eventually mend our broken relationships. But more importantly, we do not end up losing the right people for an avoidable reason.

Here are some tips to help you improve interpersonal communication;

1. Listen: To be great at communication, you have to be even greater at listening. You have to perfect listening for comprehension, rather than for response or reaction. Most people listen only so that they can eventually debate their point of view or opinion. This causes a mental hindrance as they will only hear their opinions, creating an echo chamber.

2. Read: One of the greatest barriers to communication is ignorance. Many times it's difficult to have a conversation with people on topics unknown to them. Shallow knowledge of the topic being discussed will only result in a train of futile arguments. Therefore, an important step towards improving communication is to read, research, and acquire knowledge.

3. Think it through Communication is a two-way process, many times it is difficult to control what comes from the other end but you have absolute control over what goes out from your end. When communicating, think thoroughly about the choice of words, your tone, the circumstances in which you are about to speak (in other words reading the room), your facial expressions, and body language. Don't respond based on what came from the other end, respond in the way you want to respond. If a party sends angry signals, you can choose to send back calm signals.

4. Speak rightly and clearly: To improve your communication skills, you also need to work on speaking correctly, that is the right pronunciation, observing punctuation, and the right grammatical composition. Furthermore, you'll need to avoid vague, unclear, or ambiguous statements. You want to be simple and precise when communicating.

You can start working on your communication skills today, even if your current relationships are all going well. Developing good communication can help you as you relate with people beyond friends and family, like co-workers, teammates, or your leaders.

Yours Truly,

Dear Youth Global,

Saviour Iwezue