mercredi 16 février 2011

Possessing Excellent Listening Skills Is One Of The Pathways To Achieve Success

By Alvin Huang


Having good listening skills is important to learning, as well as understanding what is being said. These are important things for the success of every job, class and even our relationships, so listen up and read on.

Being a good listener means to attentively hear what others are saying while not thinking about other things. So, it can take some practice, but these tricks can help you on your journey tremendously.

Daydreaming or concentrating on other things while trying to listen is the most popular way to mess up. You can avoid being caught up in these embarrassing moments by taking some of these tips that will help you to focus.

Making sure that you never are faced with that situation, focusing your attention and energy in the moment at hand is what it is all about. Keep distractions to a minimum and try to be as attentive as possible. Some common distractions are the television and radio along with the computer.

Listening to what the person has to say before jumping to conclusions is important too. Often we can easily listen to something until we think we get it, but then we don't pay attention to the rest of the conversation. Getting out of that habit will make a big difference.

Not only is that pretty rude behavior, but when we stop paying attention, or worse yet, interrupt the person, we open the door to a lot of misperceptions. Let the person finish talking, even if you think you know what they are telling you.

Another great listening tip is to keep eye contact with the person who is doing the talking. That will help both you and them to stay on message as well as being engaged in the conversation better.

Staying focused can be challenging, and that is the reason looking at the person's body language is important. It calls our senses to stay focused on the speaker, and it will help us to keep our thoughts on what matters at the moment.




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