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Active listening
A seemingly elusive skill for many… for those who wish to seek it, it lies just beyond the horizon of simply waiting for another person to stop talking until it’s your turn to speak…
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@taterhole
Sep 18, 2024
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@jaywduffy
✌️Seek first to understand, then be understood✌️
Sep 18, 2024
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@lucius
Been practicing this and still need improvement
Sep 18, 2024
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@155c5e
i used to endlessly worry about running out of things to say in a conversation, but now it's pretty obvious to me that the trick is to simply listen to the other person in the conversation, and ask a bunch of follow up questions to anything. we aren't really structurally encouraged to do this in this hyperindividualistic world we live in, which leads to this social anxiety spiral where you respond to being unable to interact with the world and the people around us by shutting in more and more. really "makes you think"
Sep 18, 2024
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@linfo
Omg I have been making a conscious effort to improve at this and it honestly feels so good. A win for both parties involved !
Sep 18, 2024
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@taterhole
lindsayhthomson it’s so hard at first but so worthwhile and a skill anyone can learn with effort!!
Sep 18, 2024
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