Communication Perspectives

This week when I and three of my family and friends evaluated my communication and listening styles I was more surprised at how each person viewed my verbal aggressiveness level.  My friend was on par with the results I personally got, but my mother and husband each evaluate me right above or below where I had seen myself.  My husband sees me as being more verbally aggressive in stressful or upsetting situations with people I do not know and my mother saw me being low.  I think it was a moment of "ohhhhhh, noooo..." when my husband and I talked about how I responded to people I didn't know in not so ideal situations.  I have "seen the light" and know that I need to be more aware of how I react to strangers when upset and what I say. 

Two insights I gained this week about communication came from the resources and my professional life.  You can be an extremely effective communicator in your face to face interactions but in this time, you need to be just as effective virtually.  People tend to be more lax in their virtual interactions and do not see the importance even in just sending an email of communicating effectively.  I also gained insight in perceptions of self and others.  The way you perceive yourself and present yourself in professional situations greatly influences the perceptions of others.