Misunderstanding communication.

Yes, it is very true that sometimes what we want to communicate is not understood properly by the other fellow, leading to some kind of mis-understanding. I think, first of all we should clearly spell out our ideas and sentences so as not to leave any chance of being mis-interpreted. I try to convey my ideas in a very clear manner and for the sake of convenience of other fellow, I sometimes repeat the same idea in a different style, because I know when someone is listening to me, he/she may be doing it on the surface but may not be interpreting the same in his/her mind. It is better to seek confirmation from the other fellow about the idea conveyed to him, else later on he may come out with lot of excuses about not listening or understanding our thoughts properly. I on my part try my best to listen to other fellow very attentively, but sometime it also happen with me, I get the meaning wrong in my mind, may be due to pre-occupied mind. But if this kind of thing happen, I immediately seek an apology to resolve the matter.

As I always try to process my words correctly before I utter them I seldom find myself in those situation.Well with all precautions one does always a chance of being misunderstood which we cannot help at all.

MY WORDS CAME OUT FINE! THEY WERE PROCESSED INCORRECTLY BY YOUR BRAIN. Oh lovely! You know what, I am a victim of this misinterpretation and you can well tag me as 'Miss misinterpreted". Well I don't mind at all. smiles... More seriously, I am into this misunderstanding thing like anything. This has to do more with my lack of ability to express myself properly. Being an out and out introvert, I kinda keep to myself and end up with being misinterpreted. I feel sorry for it and my endeavor to fix things sometimes get worse and in those cases I write it out. That helps actually! Could you get it? smiles.. more smiles....

Hello alokn99 I fully agree with your views. Each person is having his/her own communication skill. There were different types of communication pattern such written communication, oral communication, upward and down ward communication.In my personal experience I have seen so many persons who are very poor in communicating any information. Misinterpretation is caused due to following reasons such lack of listening skill, without listening the entire matter some\body makes comments outrightly . Communication should be clear indicating date, place, time, venue etc., there should not be ambiguous meaning, no fumbling. It is experienced that telephonic communication is mostly misinterpreted . pkc3000

It's not so much that I think people are not hearing what I'm saying but it's often that they dont really understand what it is that I am trying to communicate. That is what it seems like anyway. Some people are so dense it seems like you have to hit them with a 2 by 4 to get their attention. Just kidding folks. I'm serious in a way though. Some people either dont know or dont care what you are trying to say.

LOL More than I care to think about. I often think, am I speaking a foreign language or do you hear a foreign language...lol I think this happens mostly because most people think that the world thinks according to them. WHich is so far from the truth. They can only see your life thru their eyes, if that makes sense. Mylot is a perfect example of that which you speak.