Communication Theory? What in the world has that got to do with Personal Development?

Relax. I’ve started a series on Communication for us to understand how it is related to personal development. Although personal development tends to be a highly internal affair. But we cannot deny that personal development involves other people. In fact, if you try to go on the self-growth journey by yourself, you might become reclusive and gain more pride along the way.

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Following my post on semantics, symbols and Communication, BeMightyNow deals with the importance of context in communication settings. When you are engaged in personal development, you have to know where people are coming from so that you’ll understand why they are saying the things they say.

According to I. A. Richards, the key to reducing misunderstanding between people who are communicating is context. CONTEXT is very important because different words and terms change from one context to another. But what exactly is CONTEXT?

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