Communication Skills....(4)

# Step 5: Have courage to say what you think!


~ Be confident in knowing you can make worthwhile contribution to the conversation.

~Take time each day to be aware of your opinion and feelings so you can adequately convey them to others.

~It is OK to be different as what is important or worthwhile to one person may not be the same for another


# Step 6: Speak clearly enough to be heard.


~ When you say what you think,have the confidence to say it so as to be heard.

~An appropriate tone and volume tells listeners you mean what you say,that you have thought about what you are saying,and what you are saying is worth hearing.

~Using proper inflection,ensure your listeners hear exactly what you are saying,to reduce the possibility for misunderstanding.

# Step 7: Practice


~Developing advanced communication skills begins with single interaction

~Communication skills can be practiced everyday,which ranges from more social to more professional

~New skills take time to refine,but each time you use communication skills,you open yourself to opportunities and future partnerships.


# Step 8: Develop effective listening skills.


~ Not only should one be able to speak effectively,one must listen to other person's words and engage in communication of what the other person is talking about.

~Avoid the impulse of listening only for the end of the sentence,so you can blurt out ideas or memories that come to ypur mind while the other person is speaking.