How miscommunication happens
Miscommunication - Why it Happens and How to Avoid it
Author: Anne
Miscommunication happens when the meaning we attach to what other people say, isn't what they intended. It can lead to all sorts of difficulties.
Miscommunication and Misunderstanding
Miscommunication, according to the Cambridge Dictionary "is the failure to communicate ideas or intentions successfully". Miscommunication leading to misunderstandings is a common problem regardless of how good a communicator you think you are. Miscommunication happens in all areas of life with our partners, friends and work colleagues. But why do we miscommunicate?
Assumptions and Perceptions lead to misunderstandings
When I was training for my NLP Master Practitioner, Clinical Hypnosis and later when studying for my Diploma in Couple and Relationship Counselling with Relate, how we communicate and interpret what we hear was integral to all aspects of the courses.
We miscommunicate because of how we have experienced life. Although we know that everybody has had a different life experience we also forget all about it most of the time. When we are communicating with someone else we tend to think they will immediately understand and grasp what we are saying and how we are saying it. And the same happens when others speak to us.
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