Good communication skills is the most important characteristic of people who want to succeed.

Good communication skill is the most important characteristics for a person who wants to

become successful

How to achieve success is such a complicated question that may have various answers. The answer has been “good education” or “high degree” before. But as economic and cultural exchanges become increasingly frequent, good communication skill has become a rather important social quality. Books with the title like “Teach You How to Make Public Speech” or “Being a talkative social queen” become popular for a time. Many people even holds that good communication skill is the most important characteristics for people who are eager to succeed. Meanwhile many people still believe that there some other important aspects that lead to success. In my opinion, I am inclined to take the later view for the following reasons.

Indeed, the position of good communication skill can not be denied. Good communication skill can help people to build a good personal image. A polite and talkative person often leaves a good impression to others. Good communication skill also plays an essential role in maintaining a good cooperative relationship between working partners, which is of great importance on the way towards success. Even though there appears some misunderstanding between two sides, people with good communication skill can quickly calm down and tackle the problems. Therefore, if one has a talent of communicating with others, he or she will be welcomed in the workplace, thus bring themselves more opportunities.

However, to be successful requires multiple qualities. Apart from good communication skill, other skills are of great importance, too. For example, there are a lot of geniuses who are in lack of good communication skill, such as Van Gogh. This great painter suffered a lot from isolated mental state and difficulty in interpersonal communication. For those great artists like Van Gogh, their outstanding aptitude, extraordinary imagination and exquisite painting skill are more important than communication skill. It is not good communication skill, but their great talent that earns them the reputation of successful painting master. Reversely, if Van Gogh was a charming eloquent social star, he would not have such a great aptitude in painting. Take scientific researchers as another example. What they need most is not a silvery tongue, but a golden mind. They need to have a profound understanding of their profession and superior concentration and perseverance. If they spend most of their time dealing with others, their attention will be distracted and can not concentrate on the study continuously.

To sum up, good communication skill is only one important characteristic people who want to be successful should possess. Outstanding aptitude, solid knowledge foundation, and strong mental power are also decisive factors contributing to one’s success. Further more, due to different fields, different qualities are required. Good communication skill can not account for all the cases of successful people, thus it is not the most important characteristics for people who want to achieve success.