There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.
It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
When I speak it is in order to be heard.
Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention.
If you are given only one opportunity to speak, be certain your voice is heard.
Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.
I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.
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