Most people listen to reply. Very few listen to…
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Most people listen to reply. Very few listen to understand.
Most conversations are not conversations.
They are two people waiting for their turn to talk.
While the other person is speaking,
many people are already preparing their answer.
That means they stop receiving new information
before the sentence even ends.
So the conversation becomes:
response
response
response
Instead of:
Understanding > response.
The rare person who actually listens
without preparing an answer
often understands the whole situation better
than everyone else in the room.
And something interesting happens.
When people finally feel truly heard,
they start listening back.
Real listening is rare.
But when you do it,
you change the entire conversation.
#inspiration
Most conversations are not conversations.
They are two people waiting for their turn to talk.
While the other person is speaking,
many people are already preparing their answer.
That means they stop receiving new information
before the sentence even ends.
So the conversation becomes:
response
response
response
Instead of:
Understanding > response.
The rare person who actually listens
without preparing an answer
often understands the whole situation better
than everyone else in the room.
And something interesting happens.
When people finally feel truly heard,
they start listening back.
Real listening is rare.
But when you do it,
you change the entire conversation.
#inspiration
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