Most of the time, no matter where you are, who you meet and regardless of in which situation you are in; are you really listening instead of talking or thinking?
Just think back several hours ago, you were in the weekly meeting with some other colleagues and your manager is sharing the agenda of the day. How many of them are actually paying much attention and concentration on the agenda since today is Monday? Gosh..Don't be surprise to find out someone who are religiously checking out e-newspaper on the latest news from the nation; possibly on new president-elect transition updates and also uncertainties in today's world economy. On the other row, a few of them who are busy preparing last week updates on the business and some are even compensating their Monday blues by wondering on the events that took over during weekends..People are just doing what they want but are they actually listening or engaging to the meeting?
Yes, you're absolutely right! No one is listening!
This is a case of who-cares syndrome; the fire is not burning my ass and I'm not moving any centimetre.
But indeed we need to "learn how to listen". Listening may be the most basic thing we learnt at the early infant day besides saying "Mummy" for the first time and wobbling slowly but confidently to our parents' arms-- it's so simple as anyone could imagine of.
To walk the talk, the best thing to bear in mind is always think twice before you talk, listen first to others. You shall see improvement in yourself pretty soon.
2 comments:
good sharing bro...keep it rolling...
I heard somewhere, listening takes a lot of energy, that's why not everybody actually listens. It is not just listening, the brain need to process what you listen and to understand it and make something out of it. That's where a lot of energy is consumed.
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