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Every individual will eventually face the unfortunate reality of failed communication. This happens for a wide variety of reasons. Some of these reasons are based in an individual's inability to communicate. Others are based in the individuals indifference toward the process of proper and functional communication.

it is an unfortunate reality that improper communication is an epidemic plague within our society. This is because most individuals do not realize that they need to constantly nurture and continually enhance the communication and relationships they have with the people in their respective life circles. The more assumption is used in daily communication, the higher the risk becomes for complete misunderstanding and miss interpretation of both verbal and nonverbal communication.

Every attempt at communication has the desired results preset within the mind of the person initiating the communication. If this individual is not able to adapt to what they are hearing then misunderstandings and wounded feelings and pride become a very large issue in the discussion. Therefore listening as well as talking become equal partners in healthy communication.

Often times it is the mistake on an emotionally invested person, to speak far more than they listen. They feel as those they have ideas that are universally correct. However, communication that is only used to further the ideas of the speaker and is not approached as a multiple party discussion, can never be successful.

The practice of being able to have multiple types of communication is imperative to a healthy relationship. If an individual is only capable of having superficial conversations, eventually the communication will reach a level where it can not grow to ever be a serious from out development. In the same vein, if communication is always serious between two parties then a bond can not be created that feels anything more than a business relationship.

Many people do not have the ability to have disagreements while remaining strong in their principles and beliefs. This creates many hardships in relationships that have a high level of communication, because many individuals believe that if they do not agree with an individual than the continuation of a relationship, with that individual is unnecessary, or even foolish. This misconception leaves many people in the place of being very now minded and not able to look at the larger scope picture. If communication is not viewed as a free exchange of ideas that is a search for both common ground and the opportunity to learn, it will not yield positive results.

The act of taking away someone's right to feel a certain feeling is a common form of judgment. This judgment does a tremendous amount of damage to the productivity to all communication. While it is important for an individual to have their own personal opinions, tolerance for the different and quite often opposite opinions of others is a key ingredient to successful communication.

Personal communication is a wonderful and necessary part of the human existence. It is however a give and take process. If it is not evenly divided between the individuals involved than it will never be mutually beneficial as it is intended to be, in order that we as human beings can learn from each other and continue on our own personal journey

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