Read my text

Communication is a funny thing. And I always hear people within the communication field talk about how terrible they are at communicating.

The stats vary depending on the source, but, the illusive "they" say that somewhere between 70-90% of communication is non verbal.

Which can be a little scary in our world of text dominant communication. I mean, jeez, you're reading these words right now, this communication by text. And as much as I wish I could insert my tone of voice or facial expressions into each sentence or word, I can't.

So you just have to take these words at face value.

Which is a hard thing to do. For me anyway.

I base so much of my communication with people off of the way they say something, or the look accompanying their words. Or even their stance as they speak.

So, understandably, texts and tweets and Facebook posts can cause some miscommunications, especially when you consider you're missing 70-90% of the message.

So what's the solution? I'm not exactly about to stop all high tech communication.

Maybe we need to improve our library of emoticons? Haha ;-)

I don't know. Maybe the solution is that we all first just give each other a break and not automatically assume the worst. And second, maybe we should try to be more clear in our selection of words.

And also, when it comes to personal, important conversations, it's just better to put that phone down, log out of Facebook and look that person in the eye and be real with them, take in that extra 70-90% of the message, and really connect.