Perceiving and Communicating with the World around Us

Sometimes it’s easy to form a perception about a person, by just looking at their appearance and mannerisms.  Although, our first impressions are lasting, they are generally based on how we perceive our individual worlds through our past experiences, culture, etc. in which can result in a false perception of the person.

Through our perceptions is how we interpret the messages that are being communicated to us. The process of perception involves selecting information that passes through our five senses and is filtered by our existing structure, patterns or experiences of life. We tend to pay more attention to
things that meet our needs or interests in some way.  

Perception can be problematic in that it can create barriers in our communication as people determine how they treat others and the world based on their perceptions.  Perception
involves positive and negative distortions, stereotypes, and assumptions.  

In order to communicate more effectively, we have to look beyond our immediate perceived information on a person as people are generally more than the imposed perception.             
 
If we can look outside of our own needs, desires, and past experiences than we can perceive a person through their true reality versus our perceived reality of them.

How can we look outside of our own filters? If we can stop and take a moment and really focus on what is going on around us, without judging or interjecting our own needs though it, we can than get to truly know and understand the world and people around us. 

Although perception is at the heart of our communication, it requires more than what is being perceived at first glance.  To communicate more effectively, we must be more understanding, willing to negotiate and be tolerant of differences. 

As always feel free to comment below with your experiences of perception or message me privately for more information