Communication Activity

For this assignment I chose to interview my Mother, Cindy. I chose her because she is honest, and lets face it, Mothers know best. The second person I chose was Alison McNeany because we both took part in an archaeological dig last summer, in doing this we lived together for three weeks. So, I figured she would know fairly well . . . and she was the only person around when I was looking for a person to interview. :P

for my strengths, both parties agreed that I adapt well to my surroundings; I can change the way I communicate depending on the situation . If I'm interested in the situation and content being discussed, then I am more involved and more open-minded. Alison informed me that I am able to see other people's point of views.

As for my negatives, when things do not seem interesting to me, as Cindy put it, I don't get too involved in the conversation. Adaptability wise, Mother also argues that if I'm on my own I do not try to live up to my potential ability. From both I also have heard that I am very good at not responding to people or keeping quite when subject matter is not interesting or someone is getting on my nerves. ex

The things that I have learned about myself are my weaknesses with adaptability and involvement. I never realized until now that I tend to not care or listen when the subject is not interesting, and when adaptability is not required of me I do not tend to show it.

The things I plan on doing to improve my communication skills is to simply be more open minded to suggestions and to learn what I can about general communications and apply those as much as possible.