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A= s storytelling expert Annette Simmons comments=2C many people think asking= questions equates to listening: =E2=80=9CSome people are lousy listeners= because they think that asking lots of questions is good listening. Askin= g lots of questions is a good way to destroy someone=E2=80=99s story-not t= o mention break the flow of introspection the storytelling might have begu= n.=E2=80=9D^1 (#fn-10307-1) And=2C you=E2=80=99ve all heard the stories about bosses that don=E2=80=99= t listen; in fact=2C you=E2=80=99ve probably told them yourself. Put simply=2C listening is about shutting up and paying attention. 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Are You Listening?

By Aaron Shields

I remind myself every morning: Not= hing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn= =2C I must do it by listening.
Larry King

Do you listen or do you just wait fo= r your turn to talk?

When you listen=2C you have to be ge= nuinely interested in what the other person is saying and be willing to le= t them change your mind. For most people=2C that=E2=80=99s not an easy sta= te of mind nor is it something that naturally comes to them. It=E2=80=99s= why it=E2=80=99s often referred to as active listening: it=E2=80=99s not= a passive activity; it takes conscious effort to truly listen.

Listening is a valuable activity for= both yourself and the person you=E2=80=99re listening to: it can help bui= ld your knowledge or let you see something from a different viewpoint; and= =2C it lets the person you=E2=80=99re listening to know you care=2C listen= to themselves=2C get something off their chest=2C and let them make way f= or new thoughts.

Listening is powerful.

Listening isn=E2=80=99t about outwar= d behavior; it=E2=80=99s not about nodding or eye contact=E2=80=94although= they will happen naturally=E2=80=94instead=2C it=E2=80=99s about being ge= nuinely curious. It=E2=80=99s attitudinal=2C not behavioral.

I=E2=80=99ve sat in on many focus gr= oups and customer interviews that were nowhere near as effective as they c= ould have been because the interviewer was more focused on their questions= than listening to the interviewees. As storytelling expert Annette Simmon= s comments=2C many people think asking questions equates to listening: =E2= =80=9CSome people are lousy listeners because they think that asking lots= of questions is good listening. Asking lots of questions is a good way to= destroy someone’s story-not to mention break the flow of introspect= ion the storytelling might have begun.=E2=80=9D1

And=2C you=E2=80=99ve all heard the= stories about bosses that don=E2=80=99t listen; in fact=2C you=E2=80=99ve= probably told them yourself.

Put simply=2C listening is about shu= tting up and paying attention.

One of the most effective ways I=E2= =80=99ve found of training yourself to listen comes from when I studied Li= nklater Method=E2=80=94a voice-based acting training=E2=80=94in college: O= nce in a while when you=E2=80=99re talking with people=2C briefly pay atte= ntion to your breath; if you=E2=80=99re holding it=2C you=E2=80=99re focus= ed on something else=2C likely what you=E2=80=99re about to say in respons= e; you=E2=80=99re not in the moment=2C listening. As Kristen Linklater=2C= the founder of the technique=2C says=2C =E2=80=9CIf you=E2=80=99re holdin= g your breath in any way=2C you=E2=80=99re absent.=E2=80=9D
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Learn to listen. Few other activitie= s will reward you as much as listening can.

_______________________

  1. Annette Simmons=2C=C2=A0The Story Factor: Inspiration=2C Influence=2C and Persuasion th= rough the Art of Storytelling=2C 2009. ↩
  2. Kristen Linklater=2C “About Linklater Voice=2C” Kristin Linklater Voice= Centre=2C 2018. ↩


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