Worshipful Ways Wednesdays - Good Communication Skills

Having good communication skills is actually a way we can worship God!

When we can communicate and relate better with others, we can minster/witness to them in a much better/healtier way! Even if it's to your friends and family, good communication skills can go far.

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I've learned a lot of communication skills from my psychology classes. 

(In case you didn't know, I have a degree in psychology.)

My favorite class was my Communications class in college. This is where I learned some very valuable lessons to do with communication. 

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The book we used was called Looking Out/Looking In by Ronald B. Adler and Russell F. Proctor II.

This was/is my favorite textbook. 

It reads more like a narrative than a regular old textbook, and it is packed FULL of great communication lessons and tips!

You buy it on amazon!

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One of the things I can still remember learning in class 

(and reading in the book) was the idea of noise. 

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When we "send" a "message" to a "receiver", whether it's verbal or nonverbal, 

there can often be what's called noise. 

Noise is something that disrupts the message. This can be all sorts of things; emotions, bad days, periods, breakups, knowledge, anything really!

It's so easy to thing that when you send a message, the receiver should understand it perfectly!

That so often is NOT what happens. Noise gets in the way and then you have miscommunication. 

Miscommunication can cause fights, arguments, break-ups, divorce, sadness,... so much bad!

That's why it's our job to make sure that when we send a message, 

we fight off as much noise as we possibly can. 

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This is just one of the things that I learned from this book, and it has helped me SO many times when dealing with someone whether life or ministry related. 

I hope you'll get Looking Out/Looking In (even though it's considered a textbook), 

and learn so many ways you can be communicating better.

We can ALL use some improvement in this area.