This post has nothing to do with ES2007s. Rather this is just a small experiment I am conducting at the moment.
I am sure many of you have seen the picture at the top of my blog. My question is what do you see? Do you see a molecule or an animal.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Why effective communication skills? (edited)
Looking back, I have realised that many of the arguments I encountered at home or messes I encountered at the workplace were the result of me either being an ineffective communicator or an ineffective listener. This brings me to why am I interested in learning effective communication skills.
Well, for one I would like to minimise the number of arguments I encounter. Having effective communication skills not only encompass being an effective listener or speaker, it also involves the building of interpersonal communication skills. In short, not only would I learn how to communicate properly so that people would not get the wrong message, I would also learn how to try and avoid getting myself into conversations which might antagonise a person leading to less hostile confrontations.
Secondly, effective communication skills also include skills which are useful in one’s working life. These range from the art of effective business letter writing to how to perform during a job interview. These are skills which I find to be extremely valuable as they would give me an edge when I start hunting for my first permanent job after I graduate. Most modules in NUS tend to prepare one for the IQ problems one might encounter in their job, but not the EQ problems.
Finally effective communication skills is more of a “life skill” than a “job skill”. I have taken numerous modules which are meant to educate one in a specific field of study which would be of importance in their job later on. But I have never taken a module which teaches one a skill which is useful outside their career. I guess if I have to pay NUS $3000 per semester, I might as well make the most of it and take a module which would remain useful to me even after I retire. ES2007 is one such module which would allow me to learn a very useful life skill.
Well, for one I would like to minimise the number of arguments I encounter. Having effective communication skills not only encompass being an effective listener or speaker, it also involves the building of interpersonal communication skills. In short, not only would I learn how to communicate properly so that people would not get the wrong message, I would also learn how to try and avoid getting myself into conversations which might antagonise a person leading to less hostile confrontations.
Secondly, effective communication skills also include skills which are useful in one’s working life. These range from the art of effective business letter writing to how to perform during a job interview. These are skills which I find to be extremely valuable as they would give me an edge when I start hunting for my first permanent job after I graduate. Most modules in NUS tend to prepare one for the IQ problems one might encounter in their job, but not the EQ problems.
Finally effective communication skills is more of a “life skill” than a “job skill”. I have taken numerous modules which are meant to educate one in a specific field of study which would be of importance in their job later on. But I have never taken a module which teaches one a skill which is useful outside their career. I guess if I have to pay NUS $3000 per semester, I might as well make the most of it and take a module which would remain useful to me even after I retire. ES2007 is one such module which would allow me to learn a very useful life skill.
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