How to communicate effectively? (micro blog)

Communication is a very important skill. I am not a very effective communicator myself. But I know how to get the point across in the least amount of words.

Effective communication can only take place when you tailor what you have to say as per the listener.

Like i communicate with street vendors then I also have to communicate with high profile business corporates. The style of communication while talking to both these categories of people is vastly different.

With street vendors I’ve to talk in hindi while business corporates get to listen to my wierd English accent.

Also, there are some high profile business corporates who don’t know English that well. So if you start throwing your English at them. They won’t get any of it and hence show no interest in what you are saying.

This is for you to see whether he/she understands English better or hindi.

Besides the language of communication. Your hand and eye movements while you speak are extremely crucial. Your eyes should go big when you make a an important point. Your hands should convey authority over what you’re talking about.

The last and the most important is to make the listener feel that you want the listener to benefit from this conversation. You have to ensure that you don’t seem selfish while communicating. Tell the listener that you want them to win. Tell them that you care.

Effective communication is a seriously difficult skill to master. This is just an account of what I try to do while communicating but there is obviously so much more to it.

Just try to do this by the trial and error approach and I assure you’ll get better each time you communicate with anyone.

-ChoubeySahab