#Communication January 7
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Last night a good friend bragged on how wonderful his daughter was in telling stories and COMMUNICATING with him and his wife. We talked about how important the leadership skill of COMMUNICATION was.
On New Years Day I read a post called 100 Tips for a Better Life. I got the idea to read it from a Tim Ferris 5-Bullet Friday Newsletter and he was mentioning something he enjoyed reading on the LessWrong website.
That article emphasized the return someone gets practicing their COMMUNICATION skills versus attempting to elevate their intelligence via practice.
The quote I read was as follows:
“You can improve your communication skills with practice much more effectively than you can improve your intelligence with practice. If you’re not that smart but can communicate ideas clearly, you have a great advantage over everybody who can’t communicate clearly.”
So what should we practice to gain that advantage?
- Nonverbal communication -adopt proper posture-understand what messaging your non verbal cues are conveying to others.
- Where possible minimize visual aids in delivering a presentation but use stories, words, and non verbal messaging
- Getting feedback from people on your team, trusted friends & peers on your communication skill level
- Engage the listener-Ask questions
- Know your audience before you speak to them-research who you will communicate with-be interested in others instead of trying to be interesting to them.
- Understand how important active listening is.
Being an effective COMMUNICATOR requires overcoming fear and practice. I will leave you with a COMMUNICATION video from one of the better leadership minds in the world Robin Sharma.
Not to belittle but will leave you with the famous press conference from former NBA All-Star Allen Iverson who COMMUNICATED about practice. I prefer you practice CONNUNICATION.
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