To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.
Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.
There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.
Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.
Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.
If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do.
The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.
Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
Everyone who means well gives advice based on his or her perception. I have realized that while it's important to hear the suggestions, one should only listen to oneself.
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