What I always enjoy about these chapters, and this class
in general is that I can always apply what we are talking about to my everyday
life and the conflicts I have in communication. In a lot of classes you are in
class, because it is a required class to graduate, while yes this is a required
class that I need, but I feel that this class is worth my time because it is
helping me become a better communicator in a professional atmosphere, with my
friends, and family. I do a lot of anazlying my past and current relationships
when doing these discussions and from this weeks I realized that I used to be
in a more competitive relationship where there was always a win-lose outcome.
Now, through those experiences with the competitive relationships it has led me
down a more positive path, that I now communicate in a more cooperate manner
and it is always a win-win outcome. One of the many things that leads to a
successful relationship is , I feel cooperating. The book defines cooperation
as working together rather working against one another, and that cooperation
generally increases levels of trust, openness and collaboration(Pg.110). All of
these things can only better your relationship with someone. When you care
deeply about someone you want to be able to open up to them and trust them with
all that you got, being able to do those things allow you to have an open and
honest relationship with good communication. I didn’t realize until I took
communication classes, how important communication is in our lives and how not
communicating can get quickly misinterpreted into many other things for example
when you ignore someone after a fight they could assume the worst or assume
your thinking something when your not, maybe you just want time to cool off. Overall,
we need to all work towards win-win outcomes so that we can all learn from communication
with others.
Hey BrittVictoria!
ReplyDeleteAwesome post!! I love how it was meaningful and very much from the heart :) I can completely relate to you be it that until I took communication classes I did not realize how vital communication is in our lives and the true meaning of what a bond with someone is. I also feel that is not only made me a better person but kicked a lot of my bad habits such as talking too fast, interrupting and pretend listening to the curb. A year ago in a Comm. small group class I learned about the win-win, win-lose, lose-lose scenarios and how important it is to strive for a win-win situation in general because when everyone involved is happy then you can work towards a better outcome in general and no matter how hard we think it is win-win is possible if we are fair and willing to compromise. Great job!
I enjoyed what you have posted this week. The main concept that you brought up has been one of my favorite concepts over the past few years. I love how much I can apply my communication learning’s to my own life. I feel as though I see into everyday communication situations more than the average person. I enjoy learning about communication conflict because now not only do I know how to talk to in situations such as a group but I can manage things such as conflict between people maybe even problems in the business world. Great post I enjoyed reading your work.
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