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Personal Change Proposal COMM 1010

Jacee Fitzgerald 09/29/19

Goal​:

Something that I personally would like to work on as a communicator is being more open
to other people's perspectives. I tend to have a problem with “never being wrong” and wanting to
believe I am correct in most to all scenarios. I would like to challenge myself to take a step back
and analyze others perspectives to see how they could also be right, or how I could be wrong.

Rationale​:

When I personally take the standpoint of always wanting to be correct I take myself away
from being able to see other people’s perspectives and almost put blinders on myself in a sense. I
believe by trying to be more open I will allow myself to unlock other viewpoints and in return
become better other-oriented and more complex as a person and a communicator.

Strategies​:

1. I will try to use more of a relational listening style. This listening style tends to prefer
listening to people express their emotions and feelings(Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe,
Redmond, 119) . This way I will be taking into account other people's emotions and
feelings and how that could be affecting or steering their personal reasoning.
2. Strike an intermediate note between subjectivity and objectivity. “To truly empathise
with another person's perspective, one needs to be effective in adopting that perspective”
(Chan, PG.1). T​his helps you to empathize and attach your own understanding and
feeling to another’s standpoint.
3. Ask questions to take a contrasting opinions from your own so that you can open yourself
up to other possibilities.
Implementation:

I plan to put my goal into practice as soon as I see an opportunity to do so. If I have a
scenario where I find myself getting frustrated because I am not understanding the other person's
standpoint or reasoning I will take the time step and analyze the situation. While taking this time
I will give myself the opportunity to ask questions to better understand their reasoning and out
into action more of a relational listening style. I will keep myself motivated by writing down 3
positive outcomes that came from this interaction and really understand how taking others
perspectives into account can help me in the long run and be self-gratifying.

Works Cited:

Chan, David, DC. (2016, April 16th). Learning to See Things From Another’s Perspective.
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/learning-to-see-things-from-anothers-perspective

Steven Beebe, Susan Beebe, M. Redmond


Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others
Pearson 2014

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