How Personality Influences Communication: What, How, and Why we Communicate is largely determined by our Personality
"A lot of problems in the world would be solved if we talked to each other instead of about each other.” — Nicky Gumbel The receivers of the message do not distinguish between the sender and the message while decoding it. The message is interpreted by keeping in mind the personality of the sender. The personality of the receiver further influences the decoding process. Personal factors play a significant role in the communication process. Secondly, the receivers of the message are always more interested in knowing the motives behind the message rather than the message itself. The attitudes are often better understood than the words. Thus, the domain of communication is related more to the factors associated with personality than to the verbal and non-verbal symbols employed to communicate the message. This fact, which the discipline of communication has overlooked, has major implications for the way message is communicated and understood. It is not possible to develop effec...