The End!!!

This time has went so fast, it seemed like it was just yesterday.  I can still remember the butterflies in my stomach and the worrying if going back to school is the right thing.  I now know it was a good thing it allowed me to meet and interact with new people.  I have learned so much from so many people of all diversities and places. I enjoyed all the comments and post from everyone.  I wish everyone the BEST of LUCK in all of your future endeavors.  It has been GREAT!!!!

Nonverbal Listening

The show I choose to watch was the George Lopez show.  While watching with no sound it was George Lopez, his wife, and a friend all standing around in the kitchen.  His wife had a sexy dress on and she was picking up all her stuff to leave out the door.  I assumed that she was going to work and he was memorized about how nice she looked with the facial expressions he was making.  While George Lopez was talking to his wife, he continued to look back at his friend again I assumed that he was telling his friend how beautiful his wife was making sure he was not looking at her in this sexy dress. 

When watching the show with the sound on I was completely wrong, forgetting that George Lopez was a comedian many of the things were sly comments to make the audience laugh. I also realized which I do not hear when really into a show are the laughing sounds they have playing when they want the audience at home to laugh because they have said a punch line. 

The show was actually about his wife going on a business meeting and wanting to look nice because she was going to a fancy restaurant, which is why she wore the sexy dress.  He was getting jealous because she was wearing that dress to go out with another man.  Her remark was that he never takes her to a fancy restaurant so she has to wear it somewhere.  He was expressing to his friend about her wearing the dress and how he did not thinks she should wear it.  This was why he kept looking back at him looking for him to agree with him.  What I learned from this very fun experiment is that it is easy to misinterpret something when you do not have all the facts or hear everything.  Also that my assumptions were totally wrong.

Nonviolent Communication and Conflict Management

The approaches learned this week will better help me resolve conflicts that may arise at work.  An issue I recently and currently experience is happening at my place of employment.  In this case I have recently received a promotion to a supervisor and there are a couple of people who were unhappy.  Before, I received the job these individuals tried so many things to try and hurt me and hurt my chances of obtaining this position.  Now that I have this position they have to report to me, because I value the job I have to treat them in a professional manner but it is hard to forget all of the horrible things that they did to try and prevent me from getting this job.  Some of the same behaviors that were happening in past are starting to resurface again from these woman.  I decided to still treat them kind and do what I have to do to make the job run smoothly.  I feel as though if all parties take part in this negative behavior nothing will change I have to lead by example.  I believe the 3 R’s have helped me a little more in during these tough situations.  I have to show them respect, and demonstrate positivity when dealing with them and leave the entire negative actions and behaviors behind to have a productive program.

Who am I as a Communicator?

This week we had to think about the similarities and differences between how we evaluated ourselves as a communicator and how others evaluated you.  The one thing that surprised me most is that I had negative feeling about how I did during public speaking sessions.  When my co-worker who took the test about me she thought that I did very well and could not tell that I was nervous.  During our conversation, she thought that I liked standing up in front of everyone she never knew that I had reservations and got nervous before talking to the staff.  What I learned this week is that communication comes in all forms and can be interpreted in many ways. 

The discussion question this week will help me with my professional work and personal life because it helped me to realize that I do judge people by the way they look even though I thought I did not.  Professionally I have to put all my feeling and thoughts about people aside and assist parents the best possible way.