By: Michael Logan | 2010-03-26 | Self Improvement How can listening be part of communication? Isn't communication about speaking your message? If no one hears your message, has communication occurred? read more
By: BMcBride | 2010-11-02 | Home Business You might wonder why there are so many quotes posted here today. The reason for that is because listening is one of the most important things anybody needs to master in order to have any kind of success in life or in their businesses. read more
By: David Cantu | 2010-03-27 | Communications The first element of communication, speaking, is impossible without the second, listening; to be a good speaker you must be a good listener. We all want to speak; and even more, we want to be heard. When we become good listeners we create the possibility of a captive audience - people who want to hear what we have to say. read more
By: ferraguslapointe | 2010-11-10 | Communications Most people like to be heard and understood because this makes them feel that someone care about them read more
By: Laurianne Sumerset | 2010-03-30 | Language Listening skills are one of the hardest things for language students to develop. This is because good listening ability is something that is usually acquired over long periods of practice and use of the vernacular. read more
By: Dawn Ardent | 2010-03-28 | Spirituality There is a 'why' and a 'how' to listening to God. If we know why to listen, but don't know how, then we won't be able to listen at all. read more
By: Alice | 2011-06-06 | College Listening is part of communication, whereby there is delivery of message from one person to the other. In order to communicate effectively the component of listening should be applied. Active listening can be said to be a fundamental skill needed in every negotiation was introduced. It is accomplished together with reflective listening. These are two bases which should be incorporated in every communication. read more
By: Theresea Hughes | 2010-03-31 | Parenting Listening is said to be the most difficult skill to teach. That can have a lot to do with both the speaker and the listener. The speaker may not be talking about a topic that interests you, or the listener may be tired and therefore unfocused. There are a number of reasons why listening and getting people to listen to you is hard work. But there are ways to help your child listen to you and to make you more able to communicate with each other. read more
By: Alusine Melvin Moseray Kanu DA | 2012-03-26 | Journalism Listening is a crucial and important skill. Measured by time spent, listening is the most important communication activity, followed by speaking, reading and writing. Most effective listeners are likely to be leaders in their context. We listen to learn, relate, influence, play and help. The importance of effective listening is even clearer when we consider how we use it in our personal and professional lives. read more
By: Alusine Melvin Moseray Kanu DA | 2012-03-25 | Culture Listening is an active process of receiving, processing and interpreting stimuli. Many definitions of listening has been proposed including understanding of auditory messages that are transmitted through the medium of sound. Though listening is vital to the communication process, it is sometimes neglected in formal study and understanding the listening process helps to show us how to improve. Our choices of listening include selection of attention, sustaining the process and understanding. read more
By: Rex Andrews | 2010-04-20 | Other communications Listening and talking: have you ever thought about the relationship between them? Have you ever wondered that talking is more useful than listening or not? There is a funny story about talking and listening: long long ago, as people were firstly created by God, each person had two mouths and two ears, but everyone talked all the time and no one wanted to hear the others. God couldn’t sleep f read more
By: Michael Hume | 2011-01-03 | Leadership Most folks are just starting to dig in again after a relaxing holiday season; leaders are no exception. If, like many of my clients and colleagues, you are always on the lookout for ways to increase your inspirational leadership, this is a good time of year to check yourself out on the key skill that can keep a team inspired by your leadership: your listening skill. Here are some key questions to ask as you check the current state of your own listening ability.... read more