Do you know that 99.9 failure on earth are victims of poor listening skills? Hmm, little wonder your ears is the door way to reality and success in life because what you pay attention to have the capacity to shape what you become.
Don't get me wrong, your ears can't make you fail but your hearing can make you fail. 70% of the people that made it today, made it through paying perfect attention to the issues of their lives, businesses, academics and relationship.
We risk being changed by what we hear. "When I really want to hear the story of another, I try to pay close attention and avoid any kind of distraction. I consciously quiet my thoughts and begin to listen with my senses preventing my thought from going on its own journey."
Empathy is cognitive and emotional; to inhabit another person's view of the world is to feel the world with them. Understand what matters to them, not what you think matters. As Hannah Arendt says, 'One trains one's imagination to go visiting.' When the story is done, we must return to our skin, our own worldview, and notice how we have been changed by our visit.
Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others. Listening is a focused, concentrated approach to understanding the message a source is sending.
Learning how to be an effective listener has numerous advantages. Effective listening can help you become a better student, it can help you become more effective in your interpersonal relationships. Effective listening can lead others to perceive you as intelligent and most importantly help you become an astute public speaker.
There is a saying that “information is power”. Information is the engine board of transformation and the light or insight to reality. Your life is at the mercy of the information you receive, what you hear is what you believe and what you believe is capable enough to influence and transform you.
The journey of tomorrow starts today, and if you love success, checkout this key points which I called "The Benefits of Listening skills"
Listening should not be taken for granted. Before the invention of writing, people conveyed virtually all knowledge through some combination of showing and telling.
- You will become a better Student if you focus on the words used in a lecture, their emphasis and you will more accurately remember the instructor’s claims, information, and conclusions.
- You become a better friend when you give your best attention to people expressing their thoughts and experiences that are important to them. Those individuals are likely to see you as someone who cares about their well-being. This fact is especially true when you give your attention only and refrain from being judgemental.
- People will peceive you as intelligent and perceptive when you listen well to others. You reveal yourself as being curious and interested in people and events. In addition, your ability to understand the meanings of what you hear will make you a more knowledgeable and thoughtful person.
Listening is one of the main factors behind the success of a leader. Effective listening is a skill that underpins all positive human relationships. Spend some time thinking about and developing your listening skills they are the building blocks of success.
As corps members, I believe you will agree with me that the secret behind your result or success so far is nothing less than your perfect level of listening skills or paying good attention to details. And that will also determine your success in this service year and in the nearest future.
I urge you, wherever you find yourself that you make good attention your watch word and you will rule the world without war but with reward.
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