Friday, April 3, 2009

The importance of clarity in communication in time...

The heading look like something very trivial but it holds the key to success of any endeavor be it career, relationship anything..
During any communication we - the presenter / sender think that the listener / receiver understood completely what we said in the same context. I can tell you that in 9 out of 10 cases this may not be the situation.
Main problem is that sender and receiver are two different person /entity and completely at two different frames of mind.
Some times you may be very good at identifying the signal / clues which will make you think that the other person also will be good at it and understand what you meant.
Recently I experienced this where the receiver not understood what I meant, but I assumed the other way. And later all the hell broken and receiver consider the sender as a liar or something of less esteem.

So the bottom line, “state the bloody obvious” and ensure that it is understood by the receiver properly by asking for feedback or play it back.
Remember this should be done exactly in time. NO procrastination… that makes the combination of the 3 parameters (clarity, communication and time of communication) deadly.


This will help you to avoid unnecessary mental chaos in your life and you can spend time in something positive.

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