Family Relations June 24th-28th

This week in Family Relations we discussed the importance of communication. I absolutely love what President Kimball said, "You need to communicate so that you can be understood, but so that you cannot be misunderstood." I think this is so important, we should all act on communicating our feelings. Our thoughts and our feelings are encoded and the way we communicate them with others will allow them to accurately or inaccurately decode those thoughts and feelings that were expressed. Tone makes up 35%, words makes up 14%, and non-verbal communication makes up 51% of all communication. So the ways we choose to act when we communicate has a major impact on the message others receive. When issues come up that need to be discussed, which may cause argument, I think it is very important to ask questions to your partner. Also to repeat back information so that you can clearly make sure messages are being interpreted correctly, and validate each others feelings. These are some tools I use while I communicate.