Communications and Mindfulness
How mindfulness meditation builds communication skills
People under-estimate the importance of our daily communication skills. We live in an age of half thoughts, short emails, Facebook posts and Tweets. There are a million opportunities for someone to misinterpret the message we are trying to deliver.
And that’s if the person is paying attention to you.
A 2013 Microsoft survey found:
- The attention span of humans is 8 seconds.
- The attention span of goldfish is 9 seconds.
Is anybody listening?
Enter Mindfulness
Mindfulness teaches you to live in the present moment, paying attention to what others are saying, and the words you are using.
Consider this: When your mind is too busy and chaotic thinking about the numerous facets of your life, it is often hard to say the right things. It is doubly difficult to pay attention to what someone else is saying. Your mind is too busy focusing on everything else.
As you begin to meditate, you build the resilience to turn down – and often turn off – unnecessary thoughts that cloud your mind. We teach you the tools to be in the present moment, not only during meditation but throughout your day.
What we do
At Pathway to Mindfulness, we devote each of our classes to communication skills so people understand the important of listening without interrupting. You will no longer be that annoying person in every meeting who has just regurgitated what the person before him said, a true sign that he did not hear what the other person said.
And it gets better. When you truly listen to what other people are saying, you will find the right words to respond. You are calm, focused and in control. And instead of reframing a previous thought in your own words, you will be advancing a novel idea — and that will get you positively noticed.
You will also learn that sometimes it is OK not to say anything. Meditation teaches us that silence is often best.
We all possess these qualities. You merely need to tap into your inner reserves.