Adopting an Attitude of Full Respect
So, if, as a listener, you can adopt an attitude of full respect, let the person you are listening to feel that whatever they have to say is important, you will be more effective.
What you hear should be listened to with respect, because either it will be thinking, and everyone’s thinking is worthy of respect, or it will be some distress that the person is trying to voice in order to get it out there where they can see it and begin to take it apart, and that’s very deserving of respect also.
If you can adopt an attitude of respect and keep adopting it until it becomes second nature, becomes a good habit, then your listening becomes more powerful.
From page 14 of The Art of Listening
(Present Time 206, January 2022)
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