Isn't this one of the biggest complaints you hear from people? She doesn't listen. He didn't hear me. He wasn't paying attention. If only he heard what I said. He didn't follow directions.
I was recently talking to a friend of mine and she was frustrated because she felt that her husband wasn't listening to her.
I just had a similiar conversation with a new client of mine who indicated that she felt that her previous agent really didn't hear what she had to say.
And, I also had a talk with my teenage daughters about listening. Imagine that, right?
Isn't it a common complaint from people?
Feeling like they aren't being heard? No one is listening? They are misunderstood?
Are you listening? No, I mean, really listening?
Do you hear what someone has to say?
Do you understand the point that they are trying to get across to you?
"Be a good listener, your ears will never get you in trouble." -Frank Tyger
There's a reason that we have TWO ears
and TWO eyes,
but only ONE mouth...
It's so we can listen and see twice as much as we speak.
We can learn and grow through our eyes and our ears.
How much have you ever learned by running your mouth?
I think that being a good listener is truly a gift. It is something that some must strive to perfect on a daily basis.
"There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves." -Doroty Sarnoff
Do you know people like this?
I sure do.
"It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
So, the next time someone sits down with you "to talk".
Why not stop, give them your undivided attention and listen?
So that you can truly "hear" what that person is trying to tell you.
This article is authored by Sandy Shores, Melbourne FL REALTOR.
South Brevard County, Florida Space Coast.
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Excellent advice. So much of our noisy world makes it difficult to "listen", and it's a gift we all need to practice.