A thought often comes across my mind. Why must humans talk, or rather, communicate effectively?

Being a soft-spoken person who is constantly trying to be “noisy” [ as you can see from my blog add], I feel that communication to me is a very complex matter. Even more complicated than the mathematics formulae and proofs that I have to learn as part of my major.

Well, talking to family, peers and people who are close to you seem easy, but come to think of it, even communicating with these people is an art which requires careful thinking and planning. Without this trivial yet important thinking process, communication breakdown can result and lead to irreversible situations in which you will come to regret in the future.

Besides communicating with people who have known you for life, communicating effectively with colleagues, working partners is very important too. I foresee that in the future, I will have difficulty communicating effectively with the professionals in the real world. There will not be anyone to tolerate my language errors, the way I mix English and mandarin when I speak, as well as the constant stutters that I encounter whenever I do not know how to express myself. Being able to speak confidently and be understood not only raises your status but also give others a good impression of you. In this English-dominated world today where everyone have at least a degree and good command of English, who knows what embarrassing moments will occur if you happen to say the wrong things at the wrong time or show the wrong body language?

As of now, I feel that being able to communicate effectively is very important to me as I need to have that confidence to voice out my opinions loudly and not always be the one writing minutes during a group discussion or keeping my inner thoughts to myself.