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Can Better Interpersonal Communication Get You A Raise?

By Wendy Moyer

Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 25Jan2012 Word count: 496 Viewed: 92 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site

If you want to enjoy successful relationships with other people, whether they are of a personal or business in nature, you need to be able to interact well with others. At the heart of quality interactions are having good interpersonal communication skills.

If you have good interpersonal communication skills you will find that you are more comfortable with the people you interact with and that they are more comfortable with you. When you learn how to communicate better not only will you have more confidence in general, you will also find that your value in the marketplace will increase.

In other words, your present employer will probably appreciate you more and will be prone to giving you a raise if you request it. And if he or she doesn't, then other companies will be more likely to hire you. And having these skills is so important that when they do there's a good chance that they will pay you more than you are currently earning.

People who possess these skills usually project a positive attitude. Because they communicate clearly with people there is less of a chance of being misunderstood. Consequently, the people who they interact with tend to believe that they are competent and capable.

When someone has refined his or her ability to communicate well on an interpersonal level he or she has learned not only to speak well, but to listen more effectively and have a better understanding of human behavior.

If these skills are used strategically they can be amongst the most important, if not the most important skill set that you can have.

You need to realize that communication is not just about talking and listening. That's because the words that you use carry only a small amount of your message and your emotions. For example, your facial expression conveys much more than your words.

Remember that people interpret your intent through your behavior as well as your language. They primarily "read" you through what you do and how you say things, not what you say.

However, because there are no "do-overs" in life, you cannot take back what you say and how you say it. Your words and tone are irreversible. Therefore it is important that you think before you speak.

And because things that people say may be interpreted in the wrong way it is very important that you are as clear and precise as you can be if you want to convey the meaning you intend.

Your body language should also match your words. Otherwise people will not believe what you are saying.

Since interpersonal communication happens as a result of your intrapersonal communication - the conversations you have with yourself - it is important that you take the time to explain things to yourself before you share your thoughts with another person.

This article only scratches the surface of interpersonal communication.

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