First let me tell you a shocking (to me anyway) results from a study recently done:
Communication is interpreted
14% Words Spoken
35% Tone of Voice
51% Nonverbal
Holy cow! What about texting and emails? Can't you see the problems that can arise in this day and age?
That just blew my mind. When we are talking with members of our families, we need to make sure these three things align- that our words match our tone and our non verbal- an honest relationship would consist of that. Let me draw a chart of how communication tends to take place.
We need to be aware that what we are thinking isn't necessarily interpreted correctly- there if first the struggle to put into words what we mean, then the media in which we choose to do so (like our underlying body language,) then, the other person must interpret what was said. It is like the game we used to play as kids, called Telephone- it is important to be exact for communication to work effectively.
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