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The greatest barrier to effective communication is Poor Listening Skills: People not listening or not being present to the what's being said. If both parties are listening poorly or not listening, miscommunication is likely to occur.
- Distractions
- Attachment to Personal Beliefs and Values
- Misinterpretations
- Overcoming Barriers to Effective Listening
We get distracted by what is going on outside (our surroundings) and inside ourselves. What’s outside that distracts us while trying to listen to someone? Noises, temperature, or what other people are saying or doing. What’s inside that distracts us from listening to someone? Thoughts, thoughts and more thoughts. Thoughts as memories, judgments, op...
Our personal beliefs and values are dear to us; they're an integral part of our point of view. We tend to find facts and evidence that support our views and we dismiss anything that weakens them. Over time we find that we’ve developed a strong bond to our point of view, we may be proud of our views and defend them if need be. Sometimes we may get i...
When we add an interpretation to what someone's saying or doing, we introduce possible errors in communication. When the message is clear and obvious, our interpretation may be correct, and we feel justified in continue to interepret what others say. We may even congratulate ourselves in being so good at guessing what others’ intentions are behind ...
• When you find yourself getting distracted with either internal or external noise, pay attention by being mindful. • When you discover any attachment to your point of view, ease up on the attachment or completely let go of it. Become curious about other points of view. • When a speaker says something unclear, avoid misinterpretations by asking the...
The communication barrier of prejudging and filtering is created when we view (and judge) things a lens colored by our beliefs, our values, our opinions and our shadows. We'll call this our point of view. We adopt a point of view and then become attached to it, finding evidence and facts to support it. We filter what people say through our ...
Mindfulness for Beginners Review This is a review of the Mindfulness for Beginners CD set developed by Jon Kabat Zinn. Kabat-Zinn has written several books focusing on mindfulness as a means to reduce stress and live life fully. His books include: Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You Go, There You Are, Coming to Our Senses and The Mindful Way Through Depression.
This communication barrier is built when people start rehearsing what to say next and stop paying attention to what's being said now. We are all guilty of this at some point or another. We tune out what people are saying and start thinking what we're going to say next. We kind of go back and forth between listening and thinking what to say next.
Remember the last time you got into a verbal conflict with someone? Uncomfortable, right?! Learning how to become better at making conflict less damaging is important. Using active listening during an argument is of course a great way to alleviate the situation and solve whatever problems have surfaced.
When we are having a conversation via email and text, we try to convey the missing facial expressions by using emoticons, those little faces - and more - that you make using letters and symbols. As you know, a smiley would be a :) Emoticons can be helpful in adding tone to an otherwise flat email or text. Consider the following examples.
