A-Z of Soft Skills: C is for Communication

 Communication is the mother of all soft skills!

We all communicate 24X7, both consciously and involuntarily, in a million different ways every day. In fact, we never stop communicating. Your appearance, your voice, your facial expressions, your gestures, the way you use space, your relationship with time, the gaps between your words—these communicate more than your conscious verbal interactions.



The quality of your communication decides how others perceive you, how they react to your ideas and opinions and how they evaluate your worth. People with highly developed communication abilities articulate their ideas with conviction and self-assurance. Those who can articulate their thoughts and emotions with confidence are more successful and more satisfied with life, both personally and professionally.

Communication is the only way we can survive, develop and evolve.

Without communication, without the sharing of information and pooling of ideas; without the storing and learning of past knowledge; there would be no fire, no wheel, no pyramid, no light bulb, no space travel.

Without communication, there would be no conceiving of imaginary worlds that would later translate into scientific inventions.

Sharing information—communication—is the only way for us to know more than what we can actually see and feel: by reading, talking to others about their experiences; viewing television; listening to the radio etc.

In short, communication is the only way we can know anything about anything.