Lifestyles Ideas Management - Listening

When I was in my Primary school days, the teacher would always says the same word over and over again “Is the class listening?” “Are you listening?”
Never strike me that listening is an art and it is a very important aspect of learning stage of our life. The whole life time is all about listening to others in order to be a good communicator.

Ineffective listening is often the cause of a failed relationship, accidents, lost sales, personality clashes, misguided management and poor communication. Most of us do not listen well because we lack effective listening skills. We tend to listen and hoping that the other person stop talking and we start talking.
Then we tend to assume and jump to conclusion. Poor listening habits are often attributed to lack of training. Listening is an art and the key to better listening is YOU and I. We ought to be slow to speak and quick to listen.
Why we are born with two ears and one mouth, quick to listen and slow to speak (not as to slow in thoughts).

If we are better listener, we can be a good communicator, understanding, appreciative, polite, and empathetic, a better companion.

As a real challenge, we are expected:-

Bosses require us to listen intelligently
Colleagues prefer that we listen enquiringly
Teachers expect students to listen attentively
Parents want their children to listen obediently
Friends need us to listen understandingly
Spouses yearn to listen to each other lovingly
Counselors are required to listen to their clients empathetically.

Are you listening or are you hearing?
You are your own judge, listening open up a wonderful world of understanding another person’s lifestyles ideas management.