Read the following linked article Take the Time to Listen Sh

Read the following linked article, \"Take the Time to Listen\":

Share your opinion of what this article says about listening and communication. Do you think it is right, effective, over simplified? Or share any other reaction you may have. Interact with the reactions of one other student.

Student response:

I think this article does give good pointers on how to listen to someone. I also do think the message is right on they have pointed out things that people do when not listening myself included. People just never really give it any thought though as to why they are not good listeners or even how to correct it. I often find myself guilty when listening to my children I become a daydreamer because they go on and one instead of getting right to the point of the conversation. In today’s day I think a lot of it is due to the fact of all the distractions from their cell phones. The tips that they listed in the article are very good one\'s and would probably be effective if we just tried to use them. Jotting down notes would be okay for maybe a business meeting or lecture but for a personal conversation I think would be disrespectful. Paying attention to facial expressions and body language I think is a very important part of listening, if you are just listening to the person and not actually listening with your eyes as well I think you might miss out on parts of the message or conversation that you need to evaluate it.

Take the Time to Listen Section: Cover Story: 50 Ways to Improve Your Life YOUR WORLD Would you please listen? It\'s a complaint we\'ve all heard (though perhaps not listened to). The price paid for tuning out can sting: from flubbing a work assignment to broken relationships. \"Frustrated worthless, devalued, disrespected-that\'s how people feel when they\'re \'heard but not \'listened to,\" says Jennie Grau, president of communications training and coaching firm Taliaferro Grau Associates. Yet attentiveness and understanding-the qualities that differentiate physically hearing from listening-can be hard to cultivate actually Learn to tune in more clearly, and youll enhance your personal and professional skill sets alike, says Rockhurst University communication Prof. Laura Janusik. \"Business is all about relationships, and being a better listener helps you establish more positive relationships, she says. The first step is to limit distractions. Forgo multitasking, and focus on what the speaker\'s saying. If the moment simply doesn\'t allow you to pay full attention, set up an alternative time when you will be able to concentrate At the same time, clear your head of assumptions that may close off your objectivity, says Madelyn Burley-Allen, author of Listening, the Forgotten Skill

Solution

If you want to become more wiser, try to become a good lietener. I fully agree with Prof. Laura Janusik that business is all about relationships, and being a better listener helps you establish more positive relationship. His suggestion that if the moment simply does not allow you to pay full attention, set up an alternative time when you will be able to concentrate. Further to add on that if you hear only the words without paying attention to tha speaker\'s tone of voice, facial expression and body language, you may miss the underlying concept of the talk.

As such my comment is \" Speak less, listen more\".