{"id":279,"date":"2018-08-22T15:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spektr.lv\/communication-skills\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T15:13:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:13:25","slug":"communication-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spektr.lv\/en\/communication-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>How to use <\/b><b>communication skills<\/b><b>to get what you want?<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to communicate is one of the most important human skills needed for effective day-to-day living. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good communication skills<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are almost the key to getting everything you want and need in life in the easiest and simplest way possible, and the better and stronger your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saskarsme\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the easier it is for you to get what you want. What exactly is  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication skills<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">find out what the communication barriers are, how to make your communication better and other important information in the rest of this article!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-Keys-to-Effective-Communication.jpg?resize=820%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-Keys-to-Effective-Communication.jpg?w=820&amp;ssl=1 820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-Keys-to-Effective-Communication.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/3-Keys-to-Effective-Communication.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are communication skills<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before assessing your communication skills, you need to find out what they really are. Communication skills include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ability to justify your views and opinions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ability to persuade and argue your point of view;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">resolve conflicts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ability to work in a team or alone<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oratorical skills, the ability to present information to an audience;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">business etiquette, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not possible to hone your communicative skills to absolute perfection, but it is possible to train your abilities to the point where there are no communicative barriers in your communicative expressions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is <\/b><b>communication barriers<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three types of communication barriers &#8211; misunderstanding, authority and avoidance. More on each of them below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Avoidance<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The avoidance barrier can also take the form of inattention. This barrier occurs when your interlocutor or the audience you are talking to sees you as a dangerous person, a threatening person, an enemy or a person who does not wish them well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Authority<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listeners trust or distrust you not because you might give false, invalid information, but by assessing you as a person &#8211; whether you can be trusted, whether the listener or group of listeners likes you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Irrefutable<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are four types of incomprehension barriers: phonetic, semantic, stylistic and logical.  <\/span><b>Phonetic incomprehension barrier<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  occurs when you speak in a foreign language, too fast, unclearly, swallow your lips, speak with a heavy accent or otherwise make the verbal sounds you produce unintelligible, unintelligible. By contrast,  <\/span><b>the semantic barrier to understanding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  occurs when the information you are presenting is not clear in terms of its content &#8211; you are talking about an unfamiliar topic or using terms and concepts that the audience or interlocutor does not understand.  <\/span><b>The stylistic barrier of misunderstanding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  occurs when the style and form in which you present information is not acceptable to the audience, while  <\/span><b>the logical barrier of misunderstanding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  comes when your listeners are unable to accept and comprehend your arguments and your logic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/top_5_communication_tools_2017_personal_professional_setting.png?resize=870%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/top_5_communication_tools_2017_personal_professional_setting.png?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/top_5_communication_tools_2017_personal_professional_setting.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spektr.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/top_5_communication_tools_2017_personal_professional_setting.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Do I need to write a CV on communication skills?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By offering your candidacy to the employer,  <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enjoyrecruitment.lv\/lv\/blog\/4-komunikacijas-prasmes-ko-ieklaut-sava-cv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication skills CV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  is advisable as it will help your potential future employer to understand you better and to investigate your suitability for the position more quickly, which means a quicker response, an invitation to a job interview and, if the interview confirms what you have written in your CV under &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My communication skills<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, and get the jobs you want faster.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to improve your communication skills<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication skills can be developed from the time a child starts to speak in full sentences, right up to old age. To do this, it will be useful to,  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communication skills courses<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlpcentrs.lv\/lv\/sakums\/Programmu_apraksti\/komun_meistariba\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Centre for Personal Development (NLP Centre)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to use <\/b><b>communication skills<\/b><b>to get what you want?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to please people? How to become a good interlocutor? How to get people interested? How to guide the listeners in your way of thinking? With the magic of communication! There are three magical golden rules:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>be a good listener<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; don&#8217;t interrupt, listen to understand not to answer, ask clarifying questions, show interest;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>become a mirror<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; People naturally have mirror neurons, which make you mirror your interlocutor&#8217;s gestures, posture, tone of voice and speaking style &#8211; don&#8217;t block it, this mirroring makes you more likeable to your interlocutor;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>paraphrased <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; by confirming what your interlocutor says, rephrasing it and repeating it as if to show your agreement, you will gain more trust and sympathy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, respect your interlocutor, don&#8217;t use the phone if you don&#8217;t need it for conversation, use open body language and you will become a master communicator!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to use communication skillsto get what you want? 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