COMMUNICATION

                                             IMPROVING COMMUNICATION

                                        

         NONE OF US LIVES OR WORKS IN TOTAL ISOLATION. WE HAVE TO INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME. EVEN IF YOU SET OUT TO BE A HERMIT, YOU WOULD INDOUBTEDLY FIND YOURSELF HAVING TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO GO AWAY WHEN THEY WANTED TO EXPLORE YOUR CAVE.

        IN FACT, HUMANS ARE SOCIAL ANIMALS, AND MOSTLY WE WANT THE COMPANY OF OTHERS AND FEEL BAD WITHOUT IT. THIS GIVES A KEY ROLE TO COMMUNICATION BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH COMMUNICATION THAT WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES.

GOOD COMMUNICATION CAN MAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHERS REWARDING AND ENJOYABLE. BAD COMMUNICATION OR A LACK OF COMMUNICATION CAN MAKE RELATIONSHIP UNPLEASANT, INTERACTIONS UNREWARDING AND DIMINISH INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTIVETY. A LACK OF GOOD COMMUNICATION IS A COMMAN STRESSOR.

A LACK OF GOOD COMMUNICATION IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN DISTRESSED RELATIONSHIP, SUCH AS MARRIAGES AND PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS. IF THESE ARE PARTICULAR STRESSORS FOR YOU, WE RECOMMEND OUR MANUAL LIVING AND LOVING TOGETHER, ALSO PUBLISHED BY VIKING O 'NEIL, ALTHOUGH THE PRINCIPLE WE OUTLINE HERE APPLY TO ALL RELATIONSHIPS.

SINCE COMMUNICATION OCCURS BETWEEN AND AMONGST PEOPLE, ITS LACK OR MISUSE NOT ONLY CAUSES INDIVIDUAL DYSTESS, BUT ALSO PARTICULARLY LEADS TO NEGATIVE EFFECTS IN GROUPS OF PEOPLE, SUCH AS ORGANISATIONS OR CORPORATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN STRUCK AS ORGANISATIONS OR CORPORATIONS,'WE HAVE BEEB STRUCK BY THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL WORKERS WHO HAVE TOLD US THAT ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ORGANISATION IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION. IF YOU THINK OF GOOD COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR DYSTRESS, YOU CAN BEGIN CHANGING THAT BY IDENTIFYING WHICH OF THE COMMON OBTACLES TO COMMUNICATION HAVE APPLIED TO YOU. THEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO AIM AT CHANGING, WHEN YOU TRY THE GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS LATER.