CommunicationThere are types of communication that we use in our daily lives, which are: verbal and non-verbal communication. How you react to such communications is also effective. Both of these types of communication can be very effective when you communicate with someone or people. Effective communication also depends on who we are talking to and whether we agree with what he or she is saying. Effective communication can resolve this friendship breakdown. Nonverbal communication with your friend could be: eye contact, body language (positive and negative), posture, facial expressions and head movements. Nonverbal communication can be misinterpreted. Your self-concept is how you see and feel. This allows you to see how similar and different you are compared to your friend. Self-esteem plays an important role in self-concept, if we have good self-esteem we can communicate in a positive way. Self-image is influenced by the culture and social environment in which we find ourselves. Reflected appraisal happens when you look at yourself the way you imagine others will see you. We have a set of values already established in our self-concept that are difficult to change when we receive feedback, which means they become distorted. My friend disagrees with me, but the feedback he gave me may not agree with the values I have, so the feedback comes out biased. In this friendship breakdown we may tend to judge them when we shouldn't (Matthew 7:1 -5). We face weak communications when your perception is always right and this leads to misunderstandings like this friendship problem. When I communicate with my friend, I have to be careful about • Sudden judgments • Seeing negative things in my friend rather than positive ones •...... middle of the paper ...... and always think of those good memories that I have had with them and positive things that my friend has.• Contribute to this friendship, so this means talking to my friend openly and calmly about how much dedication and cooperation this relationship needs. The Johari Window The Johari Window is a modality that maps our personality; Figure 1 shows my personality mapping. When we talk about relational communication we must be aware that we give our first priority to God and communicate with Him more than anyone else in our lives because we know that He is the author of our life and He died to save us. After God we must give second priority to the relationships that are most important to us such as spouse, parents, siblings and best friends. This means I could give my second priority to a friend I have known for 5 years or probably my friend could be my third priority.
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