As we all know, communication is the process of sharing thoughts and ideas with someone or people, it is known as having conversations, be it verbally or none verbally.
Methods of communicating can be as follows:
- speaking,
- listening,
- writing,
- reading,
- as well as the use of body language..
Communication is key in every relationship, you don't expect people to understand by default what you do not communicate.
When communicating, it is very important to do so in clear terms. Often times people fail to communicate with their partners, friends and families..
They say A when they actually meant C, and other days, they fail to express themselves.
Truly, we have all have different traits, but when there's no communication, there's no relationship..
And when miscommunication sets in, it causes a lot of damages.
This reminds me of the story i heard about two lovers, the boy (Bryan) and his girl (Precious)
This two love birds were so in love that one could bet that they were made for each other...
One day Bryan got a call from work, he had lost a multimillion contract, the company he works for also told him they would no longer need his services again. He was broken and shattered, as a man he decided to bottle in his pain and hid it from his babe.
He was going through a lot, he would always get mad at little things, and fight his babe every now and then, Precious noticed the changes in him, and would always ask what was wrong, and Bryan would say, I'm sorry, it's not you it's me, you didn't do anything wrong...
He failed to tell her what was really happening with him, and their fights continued..
Meanwhile, Precious was hurting, "you weren't like this before" she would always say, she would think all day long, "what could be the problem? What did i do wrong? What did I say? Why is he treating me this way?" She asked herself different questions all the time. She started to get the feeling that he was no longer interested in the relationship, but didn't know how to say it, she started assuming for him. miscommunication
Bryan failed to communicate with precious and caused miscommunication in the process.
Precious decided to break off the relationship and move on with her life, since that's what he wants but probably lacks the courage to do so..
Communication plays a vital role in all aspects of lif and effective communication is important for building and maintaining relationships, it requires the ability to convey messages, adequate clarity in expression and active listening and understand skills.
To avoid miscommunication you must learn to communicate in clear terms.
Thank you for reading through.