Mindful Listening

Summarize or paraphrase key points to show understanding and strengthen the connection with the speaker.

Utilize affirmative body language—position toward the speaker, nod, and vocalize agreement.

Hopefully you can see that the issue was simply that they were unprepared.

listeners do not receive the same level of praise, attention, instruction, or credibility as speakers. They should!

analysis of pros and cons

weighing the pros and cons.

Practice reading between the lines

The reason we do this is because we think of speaking and writing as active, and listening as passive. We imagine that listening is simply not doing. And how many ways can there be of not doing anything, right?

you can talk to the person face to face in quiet privacy and comfort.

listening will happen on their own without effort.