20/05/2014
“Communication does not need to be understood by the listener, it needs to make sense to the listener”
And to make sense, it needs to filter through each individual’s sensory input, as the word says, ‘makes sense’.
Every person is unique and every person will understand in a unique way...
Communication must be delivered with an effective style of exchange. What I mean by this is that every single person will understand you, regardless of their values, issues, problems, culture or academics - it really has nothing to do with any of these things; it has more to do with style.
Every individual person has different degrees and styles of understanding and dialogue, unfortunately, these styles is not common practice in a home or work place.
A big misconception when communicating is that every person understands you, whether from a role of parenting, boss or team leaders and from whoever is passing on instructions or information. What these people believe is that their message has been received with the same thought that they have articulated it. How many times do you see situations where a person has misinterpreted your communication and expresses in the way of; becomes rebellious, becomes defensive, feels insulted, feels discriminated and on......surely this was not intentional from you and you wished that they could just understand you.
