 You can call it curiosity. You can call it a healthy dose of human skepticism, but it is in our nature to question Why when we come across something? Why do we need to to know this? Why do we need to study this? So I want to try and answer that question for our discussion of communication by talking about why we communicate Why is it that we communicate in general? What's the importance here? So there are a variety of reasons why we communicate, but we kind of categorize them in a couple of general Cross sections here categories. So first we communicate to meet physical needs Even when you look at babies, you can understand what when you see a baby and they're crying They're crying for a reason, right? There's usually a reason why they're crying. They're crying because they're hungry They're crying because they're tired. They're crying because they've Hurt been hurt in some way. They're injured themselves in some way or so We as babies even we communicate through crying. We don't have the words to communicate yet, but We communicate through crying to to indicate physical needs. We did the same thing as adults when we're hungry We say hey, man, I'm really hungry and we may demonstrate that through Numberable means as well, right? But we communicate to say I'm hungry. We communicate Sam tired We communicate to meet these physical needs that we have so that's one reason that we communicate if you want to start right at the very bottom of the Hierarchy of needs from Maslow. We communicate to meet these physical needs Another reason we communicate is to meet identity needs Both to communicate who we are and to shape our identity and to present our identity identity but also to discover from others who we are we develop a large part of our identity based on Who others tell us we are and how they behave around us and we draw inferences and interpretations from that You know when we hear over time how good we are at something or how bad we are at something That becomes part of our identity or you know that we're a good-looking or that we're a good singer or whatever That that becomes part of our identity. We communicate both to receive our identity We draw a large part of identity by communicating with others and then we also use communication to I'd establish our identity and To present an identity to the world of ourselves. So we communicate to establish and to to learn identity needs We also communicate to meet social needs as as humans. We are in general social creatures to some extent or the other Some of us are Incredibly social or very extroverted. We draw energy from being around people and just Really have strong desires for the social needs others may not have that a strong move Maybe more introverted, but that doesn't mean they're not there at some level every person has this need For communion with others to be known by others and to know others and so we we communicate to meet these social needs We also communicate to meet just practical needs or what are sometimes known as instrumental needs. We go to the doctor You don't just sit down and the doctor says, okay, you look like this is what's wrong with you So let's treat you for an upset stomach or let's treat you for a headache or let's treat you for a bad knee Now you communicate that need to the doctor right you tell them. Well, this is what's wrong with me This is what's happening. And this is how I'm feeling off or bad or whatever and you communicate those things to your doctor That's a practical need meeting that need just telling somebody again ties them with the physical needs but but also when we go to the Supermarket or something we go to the deli counter and we want them to know that we want a pound of of ham and Half pound of Colby cheese or whatever. We don't just walk up into the counter and expect them to guess that right We tell them that fulfills a practical need to identify what it is we want in that situation And we could look at it also in other instrumental areas like how do you determine what you're gonna have for dinner? Who's picking up the kids after school or after practice or whatever and and how do we make these arrangements for what we're doing? This weekend those are just basic practical everyday things that we communicate in order to To meet those needs So we communicate to meet all of these different types of needs physical identity social and practical needs So it's good to ask why it's good that we ask why and we dig in we get critical With these things and these critical thinking skills. So hopefully this has helped you identify Why we communicate why it's important that we develop more effective communication skills because it affects a lot of different things in our lives If you have questions about why we communicate or what this has to do with anything, please feel free to email me I'd be happy to discuss that with you and Initiate that dialogue and engage that dialogue with you Feel free to email me. Otherwise in the meantime, I hope that you will have a better understanding of why we communicate and why that's important How that affects our communication in the long run