Listening...Bridge or Barrier

This week we've been studying communication barriers. Oh my goodness! There have got to be a billion barriers to effective communication. A skill I am constantly learning and relearning. The specific thing that I would like to become proficient in is that of repeating the information that I just heard back to the sender. Instead of worrying so much about getting my information heard. Effective listening can be very difficult but can create better understanding and more efficient task completion. Missing the skill of listening can also be identified as two combined barriers known as inadequate receiving and lack of feedback. Ask yourself if your listening skills are more of a barrier than a bridge. Listening is definitely a skill worth practicing!

Missing Time?

Last Thursday we did our first case studies on all the Organizational Theories. The man in our case study seemed to have a problem that I believe we have all encountered and that is not enough time in the day to accomplish our goals. How does that happen? We are all allotted the same 24hrs in a day. Why do some of us feel more productive as others. As I pondered the situation and applied it to my personal life I realized that it is all about efficient time management and efficient management and use resources. The example I encountered over the weekend was when I was visiting my brother in the hospital a family friend came to visit us. Not only did he bring himself but he brought his new family which consisted of his wife and eight children. As he went on to explain the difficult tasks that his family encounters each day I realized that they are able to accomplish all the difficult daily tasks just by doing those two things managing time and resources effictively. It definitley takes creativiy and compromise to experience those win/win situations in such difficult circumstances.