Not Listening To Me
“What gets in the way of you listening?” I asked a group of executives, “Of you being present and focused on the person you’re with?” They were really honest, “Wondering what time it is. Thinking about what I’m going to say next. Relating what the person is saying to me. Deciding if what they’re saying is right or wrong. Planning the next thing on my schedule. People watching.” In the middle of all this, a man in his fifties said, “Me… I get in the way of listening to people” So much happens in our minds when people are talking to us, unfortunately so little of it has to do with what they are saying. It’s the way our minds work. Everything you hear you associate with what you already know. Even the things that are brand new to you, are filed with the old stuff. You take what others are saying and relate it to yourself. That’s unfortunate. I remember my first coaching class when I was in graduate school,...
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