Short story: Different communication styles

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The Psychologist, Ernie Braidwinter, wrote this short piece on communication styles, in his monthly psychology newsletter, which he sent out to his clients. "There are said to be some different communication styles." "Firstly, we have the passive, gentle approach to communication, coming from a weak, unassuming, docile, type of a person. " "Then, there is the opposite to that, an aggressive, attacking style, usually coming from an angry personality style." "Thirdly, there is a manipulative, conniving, out to deceive you type of communication style. This style tries to control the other person. They are a domineering type of person." "And lastly, there is a pseudo-aggressive style, labelled as assertive, or being aggressive, in a me-first styled approach, rather than attacking them approach. They are pushy, mostly selfish, self-centred types of people." "Most discussion on communication styles will list something like this, but they all leave out the best style, the kind, loving style." "This is not a passive style, but a dynamic style, which energises the other person spoken to, and doesn't just irritate them, as most wimpish, passive styles, as well as assertive styles, often do. This is the peaceful, enlightened, aware, connective, sharing/helpful, type of a person." "There are other styles too, such as indirect communication, where someone, rather than speaking in any particular style, will use more gestures, facial expressions, and other non-verbal cues to get their messages across. This can also include communication, via gut feelings, or intuition, about someone." "And also, there is the objurgatory style, who adds nothing to the conversation, except to add abuse, and to criticise, and object to, anything that is said to them." "And we should not forget, the person who just goes out to confuse, and talks in riddles, or in circles, adding nothing of value to a conversation either. They obfuscate around the subject, adding obscure, irrelevant , unclear, and mostly unintelligible additions, which carry no substance to them, at all." "And so in the end, our communication style either makes or breaks us, because it is the way that we connect ourselves to others." Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com