Listening To Understand, An Excerpt From My New Book.
An Excerpt From The New Book, Mindful Moments: Living Your Best Life in Imperfect Times.
"In the English language the words listen and silent contain the exact same letters and I’d like to think this is no coincidence. To listen deeply we must first learn to quiet our minds and set aside our egos. We must fight every urge to jump into a conversation and interrupt them in the middle of their thought-stream. Despite our best intentions, there's rarely good reason to do this.
When socializing, there’s no need to prove to anyone how much we know, interrupt to share a similar experience, or try to “one up” an experience they’re telling us about. When we’re not speaking and someone else is, we have one job and one job alone, that is to simply listen. Being a good listener will leave most people with a much better impression of you than anything else you could say or do to try to impress them.
In social interactions all of us want to be heard but life changes drastically when you begin to truly, Listen to Understand. Not only will those people you’re communicating with feel heard, instantly forging a connection with you, but you will gain a much deeper insight into the kind of person they really are.
Deep listening takes practice but once you master it, people will feel a stronger connection with you and vice versa. It will upgrade your personal and professional relationships more than you can even imagine. When you learn how to listen fully and properly you will be able to count yourself among a particularly rare group of human beings. Those people you interact with will feel understood, enriched, and soothed in their interactions with you."
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Wishing you all a wonderful day,
Eric
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