1st post: Why developing effective communication skills is important for me?

In my opinion, with good communication skills, there will be lesser room for misunderstandings and will be able to understand one another clearly. This set of soft skills will be applicable in many areas throughout my interactions with different people. For instance, an interview with persons of higher authority tends to set me in a nervous state, henceforth, i am often distracted by the cold environment and the "intimidating" interviewer.

Browsing through the book, there are a couple of skills that I can adopt. For instance, writing skills --- the 7Cs in the book can be a good reference when typing a formal letter to the superior. Other skills like writing a formal and comprehensible report and delivering oral presentations to others are amongst many things which I would like to do well in. This is probably due to my lack of confidence infront of many people (mostly strangers at times) and I find it utmost crucial to learn how to overcome this fear. To be a good report-writer, I feel that one must have contents and style. I may have the contents but often my style seems to be unacceptable, hence I was marked down.

The book also mentioned about discovering self. This is another important part for me. I think before doing anything, it is important to know myself first. I have been in a confusing world, thus I think I am a lost sheep. Even after going through several times of DISC personality test in the past, I am still a stranger to myself (which is bad). I think my confidence level is really low. Thus, I need a confidence booster. I am still in search for it though.

Hopefully, this course will enable me to discover and learn about myself all over again so that I will not be a low-moraled lost sheep. :)