During this week I was surprised that one of my friends rated my listening skills better than how I rated myself. I know at times I have other things on my mind and should listen more. Apparently I listen well enough to give the appropriate feedback and give the level of attention needed. As well, I was surprised with my own survey. Through this survey I realized I can be aggressive when I feel a person is not communicating the way I feel they should. This is something I know I really have to work on because as individuals we all are different, meaning we handle situations and communicate differently. Being too aggressive can cause the conversation to abruptly end sour. Combined this awareness can help me to try to improve my listening skills even more and work on being less aggressive. If I can work on these two communication skills it will better my personal and professional life. Lastly, I was reminded how certain situations can change how you communicate, such as lack of time.
I appreciate your posting, Kimberly. We all certainly handle communication differently. It is similar to how we feel comfortable with clothes, interaction, and so forth. Aggressive occurs, I wonder, due to our experiences with communication being the struggles or because we were not taken seriously as a children?
ReplyDeleteI also found that others rated me differently and more kindly than I rate myself. I felt that I must appear to be communicating better than I feel I am or that maybe I am just overly critical.
ReplyDeleteI think that you are always harder on yourself that others are. No matter how good a job you are doing, you always feel you could do better.I think being a well balanced person is a difficult thing to achieve but is something we all strive for.
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