Communication is so much more than words transpired back and forth, as is the common perception of the word. Inflection, tone, attitude, volume, clarity, and nonverbal cues are all factors of this action referred to as communication. My biggest struggle is the how the words I am saying are being conveyed to the receiver. More often than not, what I intend to come across as genuine curiosity or care is interpreted as the opposite because of the factors that I listed earlier. The way my face looked and the inflection of my voice as I said what I did, contributed to the misinterpretation of my intentional thoughts.

I found this sentence incredibly intriguing in the fact that it’s implied that there is responsibility as part of this communication model. While I believe that there is an element of responsibility on the sender, I think that there is responsibility on the hearer as well. The sender could portray everything completely clearly, in every faction possible, and if the hearer isn’t willing to hear or understand, then it isn’t the fault of the sender for not conveying successfully. The question here is what is the definition of “successfully conveyed”? Is success because the information is available or is it because the information is understood