Communication - listening for a change

By Paul McKeon
Updated October 26 2017 - 3:07pm, first published 12:30pm
Listen for a meaningful, mutual life
Listen for a meaningful, mutual life

In today’s increasingly fast-paced world, paying attention to other people takes time and requires commitment and motivation. However, good listening pays off because it leads to noticeably more accurate communication. Good listening skills are especially important for connecting to our intimate partners because they are the ones who are usually the easiest to turn off. When we do, it causes us immediate internal pandemonium. We rarely summon up focus and concentration to carefully listen to someone who is there beside us all the time. We’re too eager to listen to ourselves to validate our own concerns, experiences and opinions. To listen with empathy paves the way to see another more clearly and accurately. It maintains the threads for weaving together a meaningful and mutual life.

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