Good communication is essential for any kind of relationship and it lies at the heart of a relationship. No relationship can survive without communication, and to be more precise, without a good communication. Poor communication will lead to disasters in a relationship.
First of all, the existence of a good communication will give mutual happiness. We feel happy because we are contented about sharing stuff and being listened to.
Secondly good communication is essential in a sense that you can not otherwise make the other person know about what you think. This is very important for mutual understanding and problem solving. So how can you say that you are doing good with communication in a relationship? Well, a good communication can be identified by its ingredients.
Our presence
While communicating, our physical and mental presence is one of the crucial ingredients to make the communication “good”. If we simply sit there while the other person is talking there is no point in communicating. Similarly, if we do not present ourselves while the other person wants to communicate then there is no point in having a relationship.
Our listening style
It is important that we should listen while the other person is communicating or conversing. It is also important that we clear our minds from forecasting while listening and that we listen with a plain and straightforward mind. We should not attempt to assume or guess while listening. In simple words we should just listen.
Our questions
During conversations, we should ask reasonable questions. Questions should stay on topic and designed in such a way that they pose a thought or idea. It is very important that our questions are not offensive and they do not kindle possible arguments!
Our perspectives on the essence of communication
Communication in a relationship becomes good and effective depending on our perspective. The way we look into a particular issue will decide the way we communicate. An optimistic perspective will lead to a healthy communication and hence a healthy relationship.
Our practice of sharing
Sharing is always good and if we develop a regular practice of sharing things through communication, this makes things far far better. Sharing develops trust, happiness and it helps to ventilate in times of trouble and pressure.
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Anticipating conversation is a bad habit that many of us are in. Sometimes, we hit right on what is said, but by not fully listening, we might miss a key idea that would completely change what we were anticipating saying. Pure listening is key to great communication. (And something, I might add, that I need to work on myself
) Thanks for sharing!
Totally agree, Jane – communication is a vital component in any relationship.
I might add though that there’s also a requirement to determine whether you’re there as an empathetic ear or needing to take an active role in the conversation. Women often just need to voice an issue without needing any problem solving from their male partner – empathy.
So listening takes on another aspect, in listening to see whether you actually need to talk or not
I agree communication is the key to success in any relationship…now a days I find many hollywood celeberities like Kate & Tom and many other getting divorced after so many years…I guess if they would have just had a healthy chat things could have been sorted out..thanks for sharing these tips
Communication is important in our daily lives, be it any kind of relationship, personal or professional. Being a patient listener and imagining a situation by keeping yourself in some one else’s shoes really helps. Thanks for these great post.
Thanks for this encouraging post, communication is certainly the key to building strong partnerships.
In any relationship,communication plays a vital role in keeping it healthy and harmonious. Thanks for posting!
Communication is very important in relationship in order to grow well. I think that as long as you have good communication, you will be able to stay together. Thanks for sharing informational topic in your blog.
Communication is milestone in happy life. Because of good communication and skill, we can construct good relation and in the world of business we can make our product viral.