Some people are unaware that what they are saying does not make sense to the people they are communicating with. We most times believe that what we say or write conveys the intended meaning to the consumers of our communication.
In our daily lives, we witness the problems of communication. Husbands and wives who speak to each other daily hardly understand the intent behind what the other partner communicated.
Is language a problem? We say one thing but the person we are speaking to understands something different from what we intended to communicate. We give instructions that are misunderstood.
No matter how I consciously try to simplify my communication, I still find that people interpret it slightly or majorly in a different way.
The noises that come out of our mouths mean something specific to us but when the noise hits someone else’s ears, their brains seem to interpret it differently than we intended.
We make a lot of assumptions when communicating with others. We presume the context of our communication is understood and agreed upon by the person or people being communicated to.
Every word we speak or write is immersed in context. Failing to explain the backdrop or context further obscures what you say. How far back do we go? I don’t know, but I know that…
