Explaining the importance of communication is like explaining the importance of breathing! Communication means interchange. Interchange is vital. No human being can long survive without interchange. From the moment we wake up in the morning to the moment we go to bed, we have to communicate. We communicate with our life partners, with our children, our family, our neighbors, our friends and also with complete strangers we come across in our daily life.
Communication skills does not simply refer to the way in which we communicate with another person, it includes many other things- the way in which we respond to the person we are speaking with, body gestures including the facial ones, pitch and tone of our voice and a lot of other thing. We can measure the importance of communication skills in the business sector when we take a look at job advertisements.
There is a little chance that you will come across an advertisement which does not mention that candidates should have good communication skills, without effective communication skills, a person may find it impossible to climb the corporate ladder. Promotions come to those who can communicate effectively at all levels. Relationships are a way to healthy lifestyle, and a good relationship can only be maintained by maintaining healthy communication.
Good communication skills help the relationships to develop along good lines, and ensure that arguments and disagreements are kept at minimum and also a good communication can avoid arguments and insults. Effective communication is important to insure that a project or a task is done right and accurately.
Communication helps groups and societies understand each other and what needs to be done, communication is the best way we can understand each other. Speech and writing are not the only ways we communicate. There are other means of communications where senses other than our eyes that read, our ears that listen are solicited. We can communicate by other means like:
- Music
- Songs/chants
- Dancing
- Mimicking
- Drawing
- Sketching
- Acting
