This is something I like from the Learning Frameworks class that I’m taking. I wanted a place to keep it so I’m putting it here. It’s from the textbook On Course.
How to Listen Actively
1: LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND
- Focus fully on the speaker, activate your empathy, and listen with the intention of fully understanding what the person thinks and feels.
2: CLEAR YOUR MIND; REMAIN SILENT
- Clear your mind, stay focused, and be quiet. Let your mind listen for thoughts. Let your heart listen for the undercurrent of emotions. Let your intuition listen for a deeper message hidden beneath the words.
3: ASK THE PERSON TO EXPAND OR CLARIFY
- Don’t make assumptions or fill in the blanks with your own experience. Invite the speaker to share more deeply or precisely.
4: REFLECT THE OTHER PERSON’S THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
- Don’t assume you understand. In your own words, restate what you think you heard, both the ideas and the emotions. Verify the accuracy of your own understanding. Add nothing to the ideas expressed. Your goal is to understand.
Would this not be a wonderful way to give honor to another?
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Pingback by 7 Keys to Make a Relationship Work « TriUrbanWorship.com — April 22, 2011 @ 6:05 pm |
This post is one of those on which an interactive argument can be started as i differ from you on this, but nonetheless great quality post.
Comment by woodworking patterns — April 10, 2011 @ 11:03 am |
Thanks, I think. Would love to know what you feel differently about.
Comment by Ann's Open Door — April 10, 2011 @ 8:57 pm |