Competent Communication

When I think about all of the different people that I come in contact with I would have to say that my god mom has the best communication skills or techniques EVER. Effective communicators understand how their communication choices affect others and why others' communication choices affect them as they do (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2015, p.4). There are so many reasons why I would say that my god mom converses so well with others because she truly listens to what others are saying and she takes in to consideration of others feelings and their own personal ideas/opinions - she doesn't force her opinions or thoughts upon you because she understands that everyone does not think the same as her. I enjoy talking to her about whatever may be going on in my life or just having casual conversation just for the simple fact that I know she truly cares about what is going on in my life and she will always have the best little encouraging statements.
I would love to have some of the same communication skills that she has - when she is talking to me or others its just easy breezy to her, she knows exactly what to say and how to say it so that she is not offending others. She always maintain a positive attitude with others whether she agrees or disagrees with what they are saying and the most important thing is that she doesn't treat them any different than she did before a particular conversation afterwards.


References:

O'Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Mullin, D. I., & Teven, J.  (2015). Real communication (3rd. ed). New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. Chapter 1, "Communication: Essential Human Behavior" (pp. 3-26)