When I was in nursing school, we spent a great deal of time talking about communication, scientifically, clinically, and socially. One piece of valuable information was there is a definite difference between the act of hearing and the act of listening. Simpy put: When you hear, you take in the words, but they are not interpreted to become information. When you listen, the words that you intake, convert to information that you interpret as valuable or useless.
How often do we just hear and never listen? How often do we take the time to look at the person who is talking to us without watching TV, eating a meal, or playing and/or working on the computer?
Take the time to give the person who is trying to communicate with you your full attention. Don't just hear the words..listen.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
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