Listening and Personal Growth
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I believe that the ability to truly listen is one of the most important skills we can develop in this life as leaders, as husbands and wives, as friends and co-workers.
So let us dive into this article and learn all about listening...
Why does listening contribute to personal growth?
Listening to other people shows an amazing aspect of your personality. It can even build close interaction with people all around in a positive form creating new opportunities. When someone sees that you are listening to them, they become interested in you. That builds your character, brand, and positive social life!
Listening leads to personal development. When you practice and learn how to listen in the right way, it opens up chances for you to grow into a successful person and great conversationalist.
What is the importance of listening?
When listening, you need to actually listen to the other person. To know what they are saying, digest it, and understand.
Good listening makes people more productive. It makes you understand everything going on around you and what to expect.
Look at it this way. You are at work, and your boss is talking about a project coming up. You are sitting there nodding your head, saying "mmm-hmm" and making the faces. But you are just doing it to look like you are paying attention.
Although you are thinking about what you are going to eat for lunch or if the new manifest season is going to come out (It better)
So now you have no idea what is going on, and you have to ask your co-workers. Or worse, boss.
So you see, the importance of listening is for you to grow as a person. To be successful and create new opportunities as well as better relationships.
What are the benefits of listening?
Not only do listening skills help us understand others, but it also teaches us to become more compassionate, patient, and nurturing.
It takes us out of our current towards self-absorption and self-interest. Then, connecting us with the world around us.
Listening also helps to be a better leader. It helps us better understand and make connections between ideas and information. It changes perspectives and challenges assumptions. You empathize and show respect or appreciation, which enhances your leadership role.
Effective listening produces a better understanding which relieves stress, helps the speaker to relax. Also, helps them think a lot more clearer too.
What are the different types of listening?
While I was researching this article, I found 7 types of listening information in almost everything I have read. Practice these different types every time you are having a conversation with someone.
Deep Listening. This involves hearing more than the words of the speaker but taps into the deeper meaning. It is something that is done with the heart as well as the mind.
Fully listening: This means listening completely. To focus on each word that is being said.
Critically listening: Involves analysis, critical thinking, and judgment. Making judgments during listening is often considered a limitation to understanding a person.
Therapeutic Listening: To listen for a therapeutic reason. For example, relaxation.
Appreciatively: One uses appreciative listening when listening to music, poetry, or stirring words. That you are appreciating what you are listening to.
Empathic: You're showing that you care about them, their thoughts and feelings, and are willing to take the time to hear them out.
Comprehensive: Comprehensive listening is about understanding the words and ideas of the speaker. For example, listening to someone give a speech or even listening to the news. . Because our brains work differently, sometimes comprehensive listening can be complicated.
What are the stages of listening?
These are the stages when listening to another person and what you should do.
Receiving: This is the process of paying attention to what the person is saying and processing what was said.
Understanding: Asking questions of what someone is talking about to better learn what they are saying.
Evaluating: When you listen, also you fully understand everything. You then interpret it to what you think about it.
Responding: This is when your respond. Combine all the stages and reason a response that goes with what they were speaking about.
How to listen?
Pay Attention: Give the speaker your undivided attention, and acknowledge the message.
Show That You're Listening: As nodding or eye contact.
Provide Feedback: respond with an answer after you fully understand what they are talking about
Defer Judgment: decide on how you feel, what you think about what you heard.
Respond Appropriately: after the first 4 stages, this is where you respond to what you heard.
Summary
In conclusion, listening is one of the first steps in creating positive self-development. It teaches you how to understand what someone else is saying. As well as to also connect and learn with others.
Achieving how to listen will place you on your journey to self-improvement, and the opportunities will be endless.
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