Changing Your Life With Good Communication Communication skills are the most important skills a person can possess. Having knowledge of how best to explain you needs and thoughts while understanding others can make a difference in relationships, career, parenting, and all areas of life. How Can Good Communication Improve Your Life? Communication is a mix of listening and transmitting information. How well you perform these two tasks will have a huge effect on every aspect of your life. Telling a partner what you need and being able to perceive their needs, for example, is crucial to a healthy relationship. Being able to communicate positively and productively with individuals and groups will determine a large amount of your career success. Some people communicate well naturally. Others have to work on learning a GOOD communication skills. While this skill is not taught in most schools, there are resources for teaching yourself good communication. It is never too late to lea...