Listening Principles by Dale Carnegie
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Following my earlier posts on the 7 types of listeners, below are some principles of listening.
1. Maintain eye contact with the person talking
2. Be sentitive to what is not being said
3. Observe body language for incongruent messages
4. Practice patience; speak only after the other person is finished
5. Do not interrupt, finish the speaker’s sentence, or change the subject
6. Listen to learn; pretend there will be a quiz at the end of the speaker’s sentence
7. Clarify any uncertainties after they have spoken
8. Make sure you understood what was said by rephrasing what you heard
9. Don’t jump to conclusions or make assumptions; keep an open and accepting attitude
10. Practice pure listening; remove all distractions and minimize internal and external filters
11. Turn off your mind and “be with” the speaker; try to see things from their perspective
Whether you are the listener or the speaker, with practice and being aware of the above pointers, we will no doubt be able to achieve and become an “engagers ” listener.
As the saying goes, practice makes perrrrrfect!
Food for thought - “At the end of our lives, we don’t regret the things at which we failed - we regret the things we wished for but never attempted” - Robin Sieger
Truly Yours
Nancy