SAY IT! HEAR IT! THE POWER OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Whether you are talking to your spouse, boss, co-worker, or your child, you need to get your message across to them. You need to be heard, but just as important, you need to hear.
Remember: Communication is a Two-way Street. There are "Rules of the Road". Great Communicators communicate With Power and Influence. How you communicate has a direct impact on your career, your family life and your relationships. In fact there is nothing in human relations that you do more than communicate.
It’s about connection. We have a need to feel understood by others. We have a need to communicate our hopes, dreams, ideas, desires and needs when necessary. We have a need to be heard.
And so does the person you are talking with. Once you understand this, you will start to connect with that person. People who know how to connect are known as powerful communicators. They are successful.
Questions:
1. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you currently rate yourself as a communicator?
2. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would others currently rate you as a communicator?
3. In what way can you become a better communicator?
