Communication Style Revelations

                                                 

This week was very interesting. I learned a lot through the communication testing that we did. What I learned is that I viewed myself a little more harshly than other people do. For example, my co worker and brother rated my anxiety communication moderate, and even though I graded myself moderately as well, mine was closer to being elevated. Also, on my verbal aggression scale, my co worker and brother graded my moderately, but I also graded myself moderately, but on a higher scale. What was similar from me graded myself, my brother's response and my co-worker's response was that my listening style was in Group 1 which was people oriented. I do know this to be true because I'm very empathetic and very emotional and can put myself in other people's shoes frequently. On the same note however, I can get caught up in my emotions that can sometimes impair my judgement.

I think it's great that I scored in Group 1 for the Listening Styles Profile because my profession is geared towards building relationships and trust with people. I hope to gain more insight about my communications styles in more than one way. I also like the fact that I do have a balance of respect and consideration when listening to other people's viewpoints. I just hope to continue to always be mindful of other's feelings and points of views when I am listening and conversing with them.