Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Power of Listening With a Closed Mouth and Open Mind


When you think that listening to: Do you think of it as something you just do? Or do you think is a skill that can be developed? Do you think that the fact that you have two ears and you can hear means that you can listen? Did you know that listening than talking is probably the best way to improve communication?

Listen with full attention is incredibly powerful. Sometimes ask questions when someone is talking talking helps, but sometimes it hinders. Being able to talk without interruption is healing. Listening is a gift that you give to another person. There is power in acknowledging that the other person is a human being and to accept them for who without trial.

Listen with full attention is incredibly powerful. Sometimes ask questions when someone is talking talking helps, but sometimes it hinders. Being able to talk without interruption is healing. Listening is a gift that you give to another person. There is power in acknowledging that the other person is a human being and to accept them for who without trial.

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Listen with full attention is incredibly powerful. Sometimes ask questions when someone is talking talking helps, but sometimes it hinders. Being able to talk without interruption is healing. Listening is a gift that you give to another person. There is power in acknowledging that the other person is a human being and to accept them for who without trial.

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Listen with full attention is incredibly powerful. Sometimes ask questions when someone is talking talking helps, but sometimes it hinders. Being able to talk without interruption is healing. Listening is a gift that you give to another person. There is power in acknowledging that the other person is a human being and to accept them for who without trial.

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Listening is not waiting or in conversation, so you can talk about themselves and their experience

Listening is not waiting or in conversation, so you can talk about themselves and their experience

Listening to not interrupt people with questions to stop their flow.

Listening is not just about being able to repeat what people have said.

Listening is not an analysis of the speaker to put them in a category.

There is an art of listening, no one becomes a great artist overnight

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Here are some of the ways that you can listen to the practice of

1) Practice keeping your mouth shut. You have two ears, two eyes and one mouth, and you should use them in that proportion

2) Practise getting comfortable with pauses in conversation. Let the other person to fill the gaps

2) Practise getting comfortable with pauses in conversation. Let the other person to fill the gaps

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2) Practise getting comfortable with pauses in conversation. Let the other person to fill the gaps

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5) Practise off your inner voice, as you can probably hear that there is another conversation going on at the same time?

I would love to hear your suggestions on improving listening skills!