After reading “Listening is a 10 part Skill”, I was able to
understand what I was missing from my own listening regimen. I often am very
attentive when I listen but I don’t follow the second guideline which is “judge
by content, not delivery”. I have a hard time understanding the message behind
one’s communication. It is difficult for me to listen to others when I have
already passed certain judgment on the way that they communicate. It is a
terrible habit! I realized that I am pretty good at “listening for ideas”. It
is difficult to remember important facts when you’re hearing so much during a
normal conversation. But I have found that jogging my memory to remember what I
had heard is the best way to retain it and still manage to listen. In all I
learned that listening is a process that takes work “and could be mastered with
a little effort” like the author said.
Hey Britt, I thought your blog was pretty interesting. You were very genuine in saying that you make mistakes by passing judgments on others. I also like your note in the end, where you concluded saying listening can be mastered with little effort. That’s the way to go about it, because little effort does not sound like a lot of work to get motivated. Besides looking at the benefits of effective listening, I feel we are really missing on main things in communication by paying little heed towards the major part of listening. Just like you even I have problems in listening, but I have also decided to put in that little effort to train myself as a good listener.
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