Listen to Others Attentively
March 28th 2009
“In order to really understand, we need to listen, not rely. We need to listen long and attentively. In order to help anybody to open his heart we have to give him time, asking only a few questions, as carefully as possible in order to help him better explain his experience.” – Paul Tournier
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Listen to Others
February 4th 2009
“The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is listen.” – Roy E. Moody
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Absorb the Knowledge
December 7th 2008
“Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.” – Jim Rohn
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Listening is Excellent Communication
September 27th 2008
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence to talk well.” – John Marshall
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Offer An Accessible Ear
August 15th 2008
“The most called upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.” – Maya Angelou
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Listen and Give Up All Expectations
May 24th 2008
“To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.” – Mark Nepo
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Listen More Than You Talk
May 15th 2008
“If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.” – Mark Twain
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Be Quick to Listen
November 18th 2007
“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” – James 1:19
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Make Listening a Habit
March 17th 2007
“Research has consistently demonstrated that ineffective listening habits present the most common barriers to success in relationships and careers.” – Larry Barker and Kittie Watson
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Gain Wisdom by Listening
August 28th 2006
“Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” – Doug Larson
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Know the Facts
July 1st 2006
“The degree of one’s emotion varies inversely with one’s knowledge of the facts – the less you know, the hotter you get.” – Bertrand Russell
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Live and Learn
June 9th 2006
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Listen to Understand
April 12th 2006
“Listen with the intent to understand…before you listen with the intent to respond.” – Jeffrey Gitomer
Stop and Listen
March 7th 2006
“There are very few people who don’t become more interesting when they stop talking.” – Mary Lowry