A journal is a document which sheds light into some of the ways that people or human beings may be thinking at some point in time. It offers insights into what one views a given aspect of life at a given point in time.
It may be social, academic, financial or even psychological. In this paper I am going to write my journal based on three areas. These areas include the cognitive area, the affective area and the behavioral aspect.
Interpersonal communication is defined as the kind of communication that takes place among persons. It is an important aspect in a human being. During my study I have interacted with several principles of interpersonal communication. The two concepts which have captivated me the most have been as follows. First, interpersonal communication is inescapable this implies that as a person I cannot live on my own.
I need to communicate with the others so that I can be able to belong in this society. In addition, for communication to be effective there is interplay of very many factors which include both verbal and non verbal communication. The second principle is the fact that as a communicator I cannot take back that which I have communicated before. This entails the fact that communication is irreversible.
So it is my responsibility to ensure that I am keen as to what I communicate with others. This entails responding to the question of self definition and self description. As a person, I am a student, part time employee, tall, light skinned, outgoing, focused and daring. Based on this I defined self concept as the way I view myself as a person.
As a person, I can describe myself as vivacious, daring, timid, outgoing, outspoken, focused, motivated, adventurers, funny and peaceful. These words may not create my accurate self concept because some of them are rarely come to the fore in the day to day experiences, and some of them are my ideal admirations.
Some of the words which I would like to see removed from my list include outspoken and timid. And the words which I would like to see added to my list include courageous and introspective. This is because at times I have found myself at loggerheads with my colleagues simply because I am both timid and at times outspoken. It is like I oscillate. In my opinion, perception is the world view I hold about issues of life.
In my life, I have had experiences where my perception of the world affecting me either positively or negatively. One instance is when I vocalized that politics is a dirty game based on my world view with regard to politics. Eventually, I ended at loggerheads with my colleagues who held a contrary opinion. This led me to realize that the perception which I held previously had a major impact on how I viewed life in entirety.
There are various areas of myself which I would like to improve. This is because I feel that I might have undervalued their importance and at the same time I may have not utilized them as I ought to have utilized them. These areas are assertiveness and negotiation skills. Assertiveness as a skill is a very important aspect of our very being. This is because it enables and empowers us to initiate and arrive at conclusions amicably.
As a person, I have found that I have struggled with saying no to people thus I feel the need to be able to stand up for what I believe. Secondly, negotiation as a skill enables people who are in the business field to be able to arrive at some conclusions of subjects which are valuable and important in business while maintaining the necessary business networks.
There various people who have been effective in this area who I feel I can learn a great deal from, for example the former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan. I believe that I can be able to learn to apply this person’s behavior in a manner that guarantees progress in my spheres of my life.