Listening: Your Superhero Power of Choice
If ever you get to choose your Superhero power I recommend you go for LISTENING. It can be a world changing, life changing, valuable and important power to have. And you can build this superhero power for yourself. A start here with a look at 10 quotes to stimulate thinking, tips and strategies for great listening. 1. “The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed. Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of duelling monologues.” Have you ever been involved in "duelling monologues"? I am embarrassed to confess I certainly have. Imagine how different communication would be if each of us was open to what the other person is saying.…