Knowing who we are is
important, but let others know “who we are” is more important. Because in our
personal relationship, “who we are” is defined not by ourselves but by the
people around us. This is why communication is critical. But merely known by
others is far from enough. Around us, there are always some people who are overwhelmingly
welcomed, who are comfortable to be with, or who are charming and infectious.
Not just they can freely and properly communicate with others, more
importantly, they could communicate fluently, enthusiastically and contagiously.
They are effective and professional communicators. That’s who I have always wanted
to be.
Through the classes I
have attended, it’s easy to find out that the topics we are discussing in this
class are nothing new. So from my perspective, I think what we are doing is
exploring what we have already known in the subconscious area of our brain.
After that, a bridge that connect the subconsciousness and the consciousness is
established so that we are able to reflect on how well we communicate as well
as to enhance the communication. Let me take nonverbal communication for
example, when we are talking, we are able to detect the speaker’s emotion or
whether he or she is lying judging from their posture, voice tone, eye contact
or their facial expression when we don’t realize it. So in this class, we are
going to know more on communication process and develop practical and effective
communication skills which will distinguish us and build a stepping stone to a
successful career.
For me now, it’s not
easy for me to express myself fluently with English，let
alone communicating effectively and professionally. But I cherish the belief
that professional communication is a life-long pursue. There is no limit to it
and we can always do better. So as long as I am making progress, I am happy!
so I am curious about the picture~where did u take it?
ReplyDeleteRag day.....
DeleteHey hongwei!! I agree with the point about how the topics we are discussing in class are nothing new. Well, not all, but some of it. Communication, like you mentioned has both verbal and non verbal aspects to it. Mastering both aspects is essential if one wants to be the charismatic and comfortable friend everyone wants to be with. Don't worry about the toughness you feel in expressing fluently in English. You have an awesome class who will help you improve it bit by bit. Have fun in Singapore. (:
ReplyDeleteHey Song Wei!
ReplyDeleteYou have some interesting observations. Your first point on how good communication is useful for letting other people know who we are is indeed useful for any form of relationships across the board. Especially today when most of our communication is done online through facebook and twitter updates, how you express yourself in words and your pictures uploaded can tell a whole story of an individual, even when another person hardly talks to him. Through this, you tell people what type of person you are, your interests and opinions. If you do this correctly, you will expose yourself to like-minded people and especially for you who is new in Singapore, you will probably have people who you want to meet come knocking at your door instead of the other way round.
I also totally agree with Jin Yuan’s tip to you, don’t worry about your English! You will be speaking English every day for the next few months. It’ll naturally improve. A good start will be to change your blog and internet explorer to english? haha I am having trouble sending this post!
Hey HongWei!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that you said that practising good communication is just making doing consciously what is in our subconscious. Although, reading your blog post made me think that people can use communication in order to portray a different them, not use it to portray who they are. Thus good communication can be used both ways. Perhaps this is seen in acting, where actors use communication skills to portray the character they are playing.