The first thing that I noticed was how all
three evaluations were very similar with a few exceptions. The one thing that
surprised me the most was a friend of mine who I used to work with had scored
my communication anxiety as low. I scored myself as mild and my family member
did too; however, I do tend to be more critical of myself. My friend has had to
sit in on meetings in the past and has seen me with my family members and other
coworkers and she felt that my communication anxiety was that of be being
comfortable communicating in most situations and confident in anticipating such
encounters. This made me feel really good, because even if I am feeling anxious
about speaking in front of people, it apparently does not show.
One insight I
gained about communication this week with regards to the evaluations is that I
am people oriented which is something that I always believed to be and strive
to continue to foster with my children and families every year. Another insight
from this week was how having to answer the questions about the lady for the
discussion question caused my first impressions to be mostly assumptions
because I did not know the lady or anything about her. I found myself answering
some of the questions based on my own likes or feelings which are not accurate
for her. This was a good exercise to do to help remind me not to judge people
especially based on looks.
Hi Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteLike you, my daughter and I scored my communication anxiety as mild, while my friend scored it as low. I do not like to speak in public, but am not overly anxious if I must. I see that you are a people-oriented person and my scores, which I found to be accurate, revealed that about me as well.
With regard to the discussion assignment, everyone tends to jump to conclusions about others at times, but it is important that we make sure we take the time to discover whether or not those conclusions are fact. It is best to try to look beyond first impressions and get to know a person before making assumptions about them.
Elizabeth, I too had similar experiences of knowing how anxious I was speaking in front of a group, yet others results indicated that I was relaxed and seemed to look forward to these experiences. Using this information to add to our self-concept and then improve upon, may help us relax! Good luck with that!!lol
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