Better Listening Relationship Advice
Hearing and listening are two different things. Hearing is a physical act. Listening is a mental one. The ears collect sound waves and send them to the brain for interpretation If you don’t have a hearing problem, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are a good listener.
One of the biggest complaints many women have about the men in their lives is that they don’t listen. I have not done any formal research on the different listening abilities between men and women, but I believe women are better listeners than men.
Kids don’t listen. Their attention span is less than 30 seconds. Employees often don’t listen, they have their own agendas. Parents don’t listen to their children they are too busy, distracted or just not interested. Politicians don’t listen (we could write a book on that one).
Do you have someone in your life that doesn’t listen? If you do I’ll bet you live with a great deal of frustration. One of the greatest compliments we can pay another human being is to be willing to listen to them; to give them the gift of our time, attention, energy and interest.
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