Verbal and Non-Verbal behaviour

Good communication is the foundation of any successful relationship, be it personal or professional. Our non-verbal communication - our facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, posture, and tone of voice - that speak the loudest. However, the way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately is determined by our culture, gender or age. One aspect of culture which is greatly affected by the advent of technology is the way of interaction and communication.

It is true that technology in recent years has altered the path that people communication with each other. I strongly believe that technology has greatly affected on our verbal or non-verbal interaction with our family, friends and even our colleagues.

During Chinese New Year celebration, different generations gather together to celebrate the festival. I noticed that my cousins around my age always look at their smart phone rather than chatting to each others. They completely ignored what is going on around them. One of my relatives was talking to my youngest cousin,  and my youngest cousin rarely makes eye contact when speaking to my relative. My relative was very angry and scolded her for showing disrespect and unwilling to pay any attention in the conversion. In my family's culture, we need to make an eye contact when talking or even listening to show a respect. On the other hand, my parents and my relatives were not looking their smartphones all the time. They were happily chit chatting.

In conclusion, technology has been negatively affecting many aspects of human life including the way people interact with one another. In the long term,   much of our human life experience maybe communicated through our smartphones rather than face to face.

Edited on 19th February 2016

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Strengths and Challenges in Communicating

“Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.” - Deborah Tannen.

 This is a famous quote that tells us that communication skill is so important that plays a vital role in human life. Everyday, we communicate with a lot of people including our families, our friends, or even strangers.

As a travel blogger, I had met different kind of people around the world. Interacting with people from different corners of the would will undoubtedly make me a better listener, more compassionate, more willing to understand others, and better at communicating. Traveling isn't just getting to the destination it's about more than that. It bring me to another place where culture, social norms, and language that may have little or complete differences from the way that I live in. Trying to immerse myself the differences and taking part in those surroundings while at the same time respecting cultural boundaries, has made an impact in the way that I communicate with the different kinds of people around.

My weakness in communication is inability to adapt my communication style to different audiences, including people of different generations. My style of communication usually submissive type. I intend behaves as if other people's needs are more important, and other people have more rights and more to contribute. From time to time, this will cause the person exasperated and frustrated.

Edited on 7th February 2016

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