BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION

Why?

How?

What?
 WHAT WENT WRONG?

WHY Barrier?
Men stumble over the truth time to time but most pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened
Pro blame yourself for your Problems
Deciding what not to do in life is as important as what to
do.
- Steve Jobs
Everyone is thinking about changing the world but NO one is thinking about
changing himself.
Because.
Stamina.
Lessand..less..
Meaningless education..
 WHAT IS A BARRIER ?

Barrier= obstacle, distortion, hurdle, hindrance

TYPES OF BARRIERS:
Psychological
Linguistic
Interpersonal
Physical- Physiological and Environmental
Mechanical
Cultural
 PSYCHOLOGICAL BARRIERS

Concerned with Mind

Mind is like stomach it is not how much you put in that that
matters but how much it digests.
Day dreaming
Blocked mind
Concerned with Attitude
Positive Vs Negative Vs Active Vs Reactive Vs Proactive
Inferiority complex Vs Superiority Complex
Concerned with feelings:
Anxiety, Fear or Phobia about anything, Stress or tension ,
Worry etc.
 Concerned with thoughts:
Difference in thinking ( Generation gap), Know it all
preoccupation, Prejudice
Concerned with Perception
Negative Perceptions
Wrong Perceptions
Perception
Perception
Perspective
Perspective
 Attitude

Some people eat & drink to live and some live to eat & drink
Some people see things happen, few let things happen and rare
who make things happen.
There are three species of human on the planet:
Those who are immovable
Those who are movable
Those who actually move
I think therefore I am
I think I am therefore I am I think
I am therefore I think
 DIFFERENCE IN ATTITUDE

Sr.no Personal trait Attitude (self) Attitude about Communication

(others)
1 Self confidence, Positive Positive Effective
Optimism
2 Self-centered Positive Negative Aggressive

3 Lack of self Negative Positive Submissive, weak and

confidence poor
4 Lack of faith, Negative Negative Confused and poor
lack of
understanding
DIFFERENCE IN THINKING - GENERATION GAP.
 LINGUISTIC BARRIERS

Linguistic= related to language

Semantic barrier
Mess, Eye, heavyweight etc.
Use of Jargon
Difference in Register
Press, Medical, Technical, Literature etc.
Lack of vocabulary
Gravity of mother tongue
By default we speak OUR language & by the fault Others
LANGUAGE BARRIER-SEMANTIC BARRIER
LANGUAGE BARRIER-SEMANTIC BARRIER
 INTERPERSONAL BARRIERS

Ego hang-ups
Complexes
Lack of Empathy
 PHYSICAL BARRIERS- PHYSIOLOGICAL

Vision impairment ( Blindness)

Hearing impairment ( Deaf)
Stammering while speaking
Differently able people Stephen Hawking, Nick
Vujicic, Karoly Takacs, Malathi Holla
PHYSICAL BARRIERS- PHYSIOLOGICAL
PHYSICAL BARRIERS..
 PHYSICAL BARRIER- ENVIRONMENTAL

Noise
Lack of vision
Distance
 MECHANICAL BARRIERS

Mechanical barrier occurs when there is a problem in

machine.
E.g. faulty microphone, power failure.
 HOW TO OVERCOME BARRIERS?
SR. NO TYPE OF BARRIER
1 Psychological
2 Linguistic
3 Interpersonal
4 Physical ( Environmental)
5 Physical ( Physiological)
6 Mechanical
WAYS TO OVERCOME
Developing befitting attitude, self esteem,
meditation and self motivation
Acquiring basic knowledge , understanding usage
and meaning of words and practice
Empathy, mutual understanding, trust, emotional
intelligence
Postponing the message, choice of proper place to
communicate
Persistent efforts, practice and developing the
positive attitude
Alternative arrangement or postponement
Empathy