#320 Lower Levels of Listening
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Today’s discussion is about evolving beyond lower levels of listening.…
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Listening Skills
Listening skills are incredibly important both in personal and business life. If you want to improve your relationship with your significant other, do a better job of listening. If you want to retain your best employees, listen to them. Even if you consider yourself to be a good listener, you can get better.
Let’s begin by looking at four levels of listening.
1. Selective listening—this is where are only tuning into part of what someone is saying. You lack focus. You could be uninterested, multitasking, or in a low energy state. In some cases you may just be pretending to listen.…
#319 Active Listening
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If you want to win people over practice active listening. Here are some thoughts to get you started.…
#222 Self Importance in the Workplace
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Nothing is more destructive to a corporate culture than self importance in the workplace. Keep the ego in check and respect those around you.…
Respect Everyone
I was on a flight from New York to Palm Beach last week and had the benefit of sitting next to a successful business owner named Steve. From the moment I got to the seat I could tell he was great guy. It actually had little to do with me initially and everything to do with how he treated our flight attendant. We got into a discussion about the treatment of others, specifically those individuals that some people would consider beneath them. He went on to tell me about his business and the fact that he has tremendous loyalty from his employees.…
#197 Take Interest in People
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Take interest people by becoming a good lister. …
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