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How's Your Communication?

Guest post by: JoAnn Youngblood King

Article Overview: In order to be as successful as you want to be, you must have greatcommunication skills.

How's Your Communication?

Having great communication skills will help with any relationship in your life, whether business or personal. Often we spend so much time thinking about and agonizing over an issue with someone when all that is needed is to be able to have meaning dialogue with that person. Not letting the other person know what your thoughts are or how you feel, can only hurt you in the long run. Please be careful not to hold on to any issues, problems or frustrations. As we know, holding on to the things you are upset about, only create more of the same.

Being able to have meaningful communication can also stop you from making assumptions. I have a client who had a whole story going on in her head about an issue with someone she really cared about. She thought the person was upset with her so she kept her distance from that person and avoided talking to her. I encouraged her to stop worrying and focus on herself. My client ended up running into the person after some time and was surprised that the person had no issue with her at all! It was like there was never any problem between the two of them. The other person had let go and moved on and my client was still thinking about and agonizing over the situation. In order to not cause some type of dis-ease in your life, please work on developing great communication skills.

Regarding communicating, Singer, Song writer John Mayer wrote the following in his song entitled "Say": "Walking like a one man army; Fighting with the shadows in your head; Living out the same old moment; Knowing you'd be better off instead; if you could only; Say what you need to say".

Please be careful not to hold on to any issues, problems or frustrations. As we know, holding on to the things you are upset about, only create more of the same. You must have the confidence and courage to freely communicate what is going on inside of you.

"Dialogue is the most effective way of resolving conflict." - Tenzin Gyatso

"Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers." -- Les Brown

"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred." -- George Bernard Shaw

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