What I Think of Communication

Communication is a process of passing message or information from one entity to another, which in our case as human beings, to assign and convey meaning in an attempt to create shared understanding. Human communication requires a vast repertoire of skills that consists of :

• Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Processing
• Listening
• Observing
• Speaking
• Questioning
• Analyzing
• Evaluating

All the skills mentioned above are developmental and transfers to all areas of our life for example when at home, school, in a community and work. In order for collaboration and cooperation to occur we need effective communication in the first place. For relationships among humans to begin, communication is the first thing required of. Imagine a world where everyone do their own task without even merely looking at another person at all, not a single sound of communication uttered from their throat for another to hear until their last day in this world. What a scary world it would be, no? After imagining that, I find that even small chit chats,gestures, even eye contact can add so much more colors to our life.


Without effective communication, a situation in the picture below is most likely to occur :

In a nutshell, with effective communication we can achieve so much more in life whereas ineffective communication would greatly limit our opportunities in life. There is this phrase of "No man is an island", which means that we as human need to interact and communicate to satisfy what we desire be it, needs, knowledge or to simply express ourselves. Would anyone still doubt the importance of communication?

by Leong Sze Huang