23/10/2023
Are you an active listener? 👂 🗣️
We've all been there (yes even me!😉) when we're guilty of not always listening to all the viewpoints of a conversation. Maybe, as an example, you've thought of a brilliant point to make and don't want to forget it, and in the process have totally lost the thread of conversation going on around you - it happens!
The avoidance of this pitfall is known as Active Listening. Active listening is a superpower in the world of communication that demonstrates your quality as an engaged and valuable member of any conversation piece. It's not just hearing words; it's understanding emotions, showing empathy, and making deeper connections through learned behaviour and cues. 🤝
It's no better summed up than by the quote below. If you want to better understand how we can make efforts to be more active listeners, and what this means for us as effective communicators in the long run, get in touch!
"The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply." - Stephen R. Covey 🧐💭
