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#20: The Art of Listening


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Does how you listen to someone say how much (or how little) you value them?

In this episode, I share the what we communicate by how we listen.

There are three types of listening:

  1. Fake - Blatantly ignoring someone.
  2. Passive - Driving in a car while listening to the radio; small talk in the doctor's office.
  3. Active - Valentine's Day dinner with your spouse.
  4. I quickly realized that how we listened showed how much or how little we valued them...

    Passive listening = Low value

    Active listening = High value

    If there's one thing to learn, it's this:  Listen based on value, instead of volume.

    Question: What's one thing you can start listening to today?

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