Many people find interpersonal relationships the most challenging aspect of their lives. If the interpersonal relationships are unsuitably handled, it will lead to misunderstandings or worse, quarrels and conflicts between people. How can we enhance our interpersonal communication skills? Develop one’s emotional intelligence! Mainly there are two causes of the problem and solutions respectively. One reason is because some people are too shy to interact with people, or they are afraid to be mocked. Therefore, they prefer to stay in their own world, sit in the corner quietly, and listen to others. If one does not communicate with others, how can others know him/her, let alone build up interpersonal relationships and then enhance it? What the person should do is to be more open-minded, step out of their world, and motivate themselves to interact with others in the activities. Another cause of interpersonal misunderstanding is that some people are not good at expressing themselves. Sometimes they cannot make people understand themselves, or they express their ideas in a wrong way or at the wrong time. In this case, a person should develop his/her self-awareness and demonstrating skills, by understanding what the topic they are discussing and what they should or should not say ,and watch and listen to articulate speakers and simulate them. Step by step, one will succeed. In conclusion, developing one’s emotional intelligence will enhance his/her interpersonal relationship.
1 comment:
This is interesting. It's well organized and insightful. I also wonder how one can bring a shy person out of his/her shell? It's easy for us to say "be open-minded," but in fact, is that really possible?
The second problem that you mention is, perhaps, easier to deal with. Once we become aware of our shortcomings in communicating our ideas, it would seem that we might more easily address those by working out how to express ourselves.
In any case, thank you Vicky for working hard on this and your other posts!
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