What a shame it is that you do not realise how many vital communication skills you lack, until you make a right cock up of something. Invariably, the net result of the cock up is all too often an upset loved one, but it isn’t just the loved ones who are often on the receiving end of your inability to communicate properly. If you are self aware then you will be angry at yourself, not to mention the pile of strangers you have left shaking angrily in your wake.
In my last blog post Take Responsibility For Your Life – Lessons Learned in Venice I wrote about a trip to Venice where I displayed all the communication skills of a deaf bat. Despite acting like a complete idiot, I am actually an improved version of my former self, and one of the methods I use to help me improve my awareness of things – like poor acts of communication – is a process I call The Check In.
