BEING A GREAT LISTENER
Antonio Aguirre
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8 ACTIVE LISTENING SKILLS & BEING A GREAT LISTENER - If there is one thing common for all the truly successful people in the world, it's because they are a great listener. Do you find it funny when someone says "I hear you"? Hearing is completely different to listening to them. When you listen, you are taking information in, processing it, learning it and then applying it to your decision making.
What is essential to building great wealth is being a good listener because there are consequences of not listening. It can be a disaster for your finances like losing a client or misunderstanding a customer's concerns and so on.
People can fool themselves into thinking that they're great listeners. But based on a global study, people are also distracted and are multitasking at the same time.Usually, when an average person is done talking to someone, he remembers only about half of what he has actually heard, even if he thinks he was listening.
Being a great listener is difficult because your mind is always in a rush, your focus is always moving between the past and the future like everybody else unconsciously, while being held up with anxieties, overthinking and worries. But fear not, there is a skill that is easy to learn and perfect. What is it?
It's called ACTIVE LISTENING. This is how it works.
Listening well is a reward you give to whoever you are talking to. It makes them feel they are respected, valued, put at a high regard and it makes you better informed. Here are the 8 keys to ACTIVE LISTENING so you can be a great listener.