Communication FUNdamentals

Mar. 5, 2007

Are you in Kindergarten or a Higher Grade?

In the eMailBox today was my issue of Mountain Wings.  I love this newsletter because they usually have something insightful and Bible based.  In this issue, Are you in Kindergarten or a higher grade?, it talks about social issues.  Or as I like to call them, communication skills.  The author shares how he was discussing his 5 y/o son's social skills with a private school to determine if it was appropriate for him to go to the next grade.  He began thinking about the social skills of most adults these days.  It's a really cute story.  Here are a few excerpts: >The majority of issues that I face when dealing with people in both business and ministry aren't performance issues. They are social issues> Actually, research does show that most problems people face in life are communication related!  They have linked violence to a lack of effective communication resulting in frustration over not being able to convey and thus receive what the person needs or wants. Communication skills have been found to be equated with higher grades, deeper friendships, more success in a chosen career and overall general happiness. > People just can't get along with each other.  Whether it is business or personal relationships many are easily hurt and  offended, emotional, petty, jealous, spiteful, sensitive and unforgiving.  In other words, many people are still emotionally immature.> The issues that people have with others are typically a result of misunderstanding, miscommunication, not listening or a rush to judgement, lack of empathy or percieved ill will.  All of these are communication skills gone wrong! From JoJo's Purple Crayon...

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