1292. How Well Do You Listen — REALLY Listen? By Rodger Dean Duncan · November 4, 2020, in Meridian Magazine
A nice change, after all the political stuff! Let's get back to basics! How Well Do You Listen — REALLY Listen? By Rodger Dean Duncan · November 4, 2020 To read more from Rodger, visit HIS BLOG . No one on his deathbed ever said “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.” Don’t get me wrong. Work is a wonderful thing. It can be very fulfilling and can provide meaningful service to others. But personal relationships are the most important things in our lives. It’s through relationships with others that we learn about ourselves, about how to make choices, how to self-correct, how to grow and develop, how to contribute to the human community, how to turn dreams into reality. And listening is the most important behavior in those relationships. Really listening. This requires using your eyes and your heart as well as your ears. Effective people listen to learn and understand rather than to rebut and overpower. They exercise influence rather than authority. They’re willing to b