What is a Good Communicator?
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Author Unknown. This quote that I have used is one that I received from my Interpersonal Communications course. I thought it was so true so I wanted to include it in my discussion about what it means to be a good communicator. There are many things that make someone a high-quality communicator. One thing that I feel is extremely important in communication is listening. So many times we say we are listening to a person but are we? We might be listening to a person pour their heart and soul out to us but are we really listening? Do we really hear what they are saying? “You can’t fake listening. It shows.” Raquel Welch, Actor Something that makes a person a good listener/communicator is a person who paraphrases. Paraphrasing is a means of clarifying another’s feeling by reflecting our
