"Listen twice as much as you speak". This has many benefits, these days coming across good listeners is pretty rare but one must try to be a part of this illusive subset of good and patient listeners.
The most important reason we should listen more than we should speak is that, when we listen we learn more about the world than we speak .If you know something incompletely or have no knowledge at all about something, listening to others talk on the topic would help you to again some important information(not all that you hear would be useful). Listening also may help you to 'defuse' a certain argument in the heat of the moment if you listened rather than spoke too much. When we listen to someone , we show respect towards him or her and this will surely help in making better friends and better relationships.
Active listening is also important. It's pretty talked about too. Well, active listening is a habit and needs practice. You practice because, your active listening skills need to be toned . When talking to some one it's so important to understand why he or she is saying what he or she is saying. Just listening to the content is not good enough, there are bound to be some 'behind the curtain' feelings which would become slowly evident to the listener when the listener asks meaningful and polite questions. This highlights the difference between listening and hearing too.
"A good listener is a silent flatterer". A better listener can build high-trust relationships.Since a better listener does not get engaged in the usual monologue, so has the chance of getting access to the information he/she would have otherwise missed.
The most important reason we should listen more than we should speak is that, when we listen we learn more about the world than we speak .If you know something incompletely or have no knowledge at all about something, listening to others talk on the topic would help you to again some important information(not all that you hear would be useful). Listening also may help you to 'defuse' a certain argument in the heat of the moment if you listened rather than spoke too much. When we listen to someone , we show respect towards him or her and this will surely help in making better friends and better relationships.
Active listening is also important. It's pretty talked about too. Well, active listening is a habit and needs practice. You practice because, your active listening skills need to be toned . When talking to some one it's so important to understand why he or she is saying what he or she is saying. Just listening to the content is not good enough, there are bound to be some 'behind the curtain' feelings which would become slowly evident to the listener when the listener asks meaningful and polite questions. This highlights the difference between listening and hearing too.
"A good listener is a silent flatterer". A better listener can build high-trust relationships.Since a better listener does not get engaged in the usual monologue, so has the chance of getting access to the information he/she would have otherwise missed.
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