writing. 2. To enable learners to write in English precisely and effectively. COURSE OUTCOME: Learners should be able to 1. get into the habit of writing regularly‚ 2. express themselves in different genres of writing from creative to critical to factual writing‚ 3. take part in print and online media communication‚ 4. read quite widely to acquire a style of writing‚ and 5. identify their areas of strengths and weaknesses in writing. UNIT I PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 9 Journal writing‚ mails/emails
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Stephen Covey’s book “The 7 habits of highly effective people” will help me in a number of different ways in the year to come. Not only with being effective in my career‚ but also my personal life and graduate school. Covey talks about character and personality traits‚ and uses a great example of being in Chicago and having excellent map and reference skills‚ but if you have a map of Detroit you will not be able to find your way around no matter how good your secondary skills are. This is a great
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My listening effectiveness In order to have effective listening a communicator must go beyond the mechanical process of hearing to truly understand what is being said. There is more to the process than reacting “automatically and routinely without much mental investment” (Adler‚ Rosenfeld‚ & Proctor‚ 2010). To truly have effective listening‚ a communicator must give “careful and thoughtful attention and responses to the messages we receive” (Adler‚ Rosenfeld‚ & Proctor‚ 2010). (Good definition/explanation
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7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People With a twist to the common list of habits that are useful to establish‚ here are 7 habits that you do best to avoid. Just like finding habits that can be useful for you it’s important to find habits that are holding you back. Most of these 7 habits can easily become such a normal‚ everyday part of life that you hardly notice it (or how it’s affecting you). I’ve dabbled with all of them quite a bit. Not surprisingly I didn’t get much of the important stuff done
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Mariana Krakovsky which suggests the improvement of habits are possible by changing mindset and using simple techniques. According to the author‚ internally oriented people are more likely to succeed in comparison to externally motivated people as internally motivated ones have easier time finding ‘what’ and ‘when’ they are going to do something and can make their own decision to stay focused on their path. Krakovsky believes that breaking a long term habit is not easy as it sounds but it is possible if
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5 Habits of Highly Effective Communicators It’s no secret that good leaders are also good communicators. And the best leaders have learned that effective communication is as much about authenticity as the words they speak and write. Indeed‚ communication and leadership are inextricably tied. How can you galvanize‚ inspire or guide others if you don’t communicate in a clear‚ credible‚ authentic way? Here are 5 essential communication practices of effective leaders. 1. Mind the say-do gap. This
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myself to do it cut the fat. If I find something stressing me out and it’s not important‚ I simply won’t do it. This doesn’t mean that I’m screwing people over. Not at all. I’m just electing to focus my time on things that are important. Stephen Covey had this figured-out‚ with his four quadrant system. If you’re not familiar with that‚ I highly recommend you Google it right now. Seriously‚ stop reading and go Google it. “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time
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In this fast paced world of ours‚ we often bury ourselves with the urgency of things. Deadlines for assignments‚ office work and to do lists often constitute most of our busy lives. There are many aspects of human nature that affect how we make decisions. Some of these aspects are culture‚ region and background. These also make us to perceive things differently. Blame Culture‚ by this we don’t mean the tendency to look for a scapegoat if the job goes wrong. This is the tendency for human nature to
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First Things First In his book First Things First‚ Stephen Covey describes setting priorities as the most important aspect of successful (personal) improvement. No matter how efficient you do your work‚ if you´re doing the wrong thing‚ nothing will really improve. Covey compares the difference between efficiency and setting priorities with a compass and the clock: how fast you go is not as important as where you´re going. In the first part of the book‚ SHORTCOMINGS OF TIME MANAGEMENT are discussed
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The 7 Habits of Highly effective Teens the author was trying to help teens today to understand that in life you need to do certain things as a teenagerto make sure you do well. In life as a teenager So he decided to write a book about it there are 7 habits he talks about in the book.In the book he all so talks about some of his experiences and how he could relate to them when he was a tennager. He all so pots some of the letters he got from people in the book who asked a question on that habit he is
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