Glenna Fulks shares typical hindrances to listening. Too often we’re guilty of hijacking a conversation, speaking too soon and cutting off the other individual’s response.
Count to eight before you reciprocate.
Source: Linked In, May 4, 2018. Link. Fulks’ common deterrents to listening include:
- we don’t give ourselves a chance to listen since we never stop talking
- we are so busy formulating our reply to what we assume a response will be
- giving the person with whom you are communicating the time to acknowledge your comment or statement
Also see: Are you really listening? Animal Health Digest, August 15, 2016. Link.
Respecting another person’s point of view does not mean you have to agree with that viewpoint. Agreement and respect are not synonymous.
INSIGHTS:
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus < link >