Are you a good listener?
By dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58676)
Delhi, India
April 18, 2007 7:37am CST
Are you a good listener? Do you give a patient hearing to your near and dear ones and to your friends when they approach you with their problems. Do you listen to them very carefully and offer your suggestions..... or you just igonre their problems and start narrating your own?
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15 responses
@SONALIKA (573)
• India
20 Apr 07
yes i m a good listener.i am the one who listen to all voes of my friends but i really hate it one they don't show the courtesy to even call up once they are back to their comforts.i am the advisor of my peer group and even to my hubby,and i really feel nice when i am able to solve their problems.being introvert i never tell my problems to anyone and at rarer of times not to my husband also.i feel bad when others worry because of me.i love giving instead of taking from anybody.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
28 Apr 07
Thanks Sonalika for telling me that you would surely offer your suggestions, whenever needed.
Deepak
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
24 Apr 07
Sonalika,
You appear to me an intelligent and an exceptional person. It is really really nice to know that you are good listener and you are the advisor of your peer group and always render your help and advice to your friends. I feel honoured and indebted that I am in list of your friends.
So if I come out with any of my problems and want you to hear me...will you come out with suggestions and solution...??????
Deepak
p.s. I share your concern that there are some people who after taking advice do not show the courtesy to call you.
Deepak
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
25 Apr 07
i bet i am. my friends feel i am a good listener, who lend ear to everyone and to every small fact. i have an amazing tenacity and patience to hear out others' hearts. my friends and sisters would come to me and vent out their agonies and , not to mention, happiness. i would listen, advise and console them. they trust me like anything for they know i would zip in the words , not meant to let out. this is a comforting thing on my part aswell but seldom i miss out on some important thing for this listening thing of mine, you know the kind of problems we tend to have these days, never ending and everlasting. lol..
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
28 Apr 07
Your bet is correct that you are really a good listener. I can also fully confirm that..... I know that you hear very patiently to others and your near and dear ones approach you for venting out their sorrows, experiences and joys to you. It is one of the most important positive trait. I think today no one has the time to listen to others.... everyone want to tell his/her story...(Like I keep on chattering...LOL).Keep it up.
Thanks (+) rated.
Deepak
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
30 Apr 07
I am very good listener...and I always give helping hand...I never ignore friends and problems they have...
Very often people just want to talk and their problems are just temporary and not important...even if I know about...I can listen to as the problem is big...and I try to give my friends energy and suggestions...
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
3 May 07
Pola, after interacting with you ....I can endorse your views that you must be a very good listener and kind friend. Feel lucky to have someone like you as my friend.
deepak
@minty3 (592)
• Nigeria
25 Apr 07
Its one of my attributes. i am a good listener. i have a weakness for hearing people out especially when they're depressed, distressed, troubled, etc in a bid to help out in any way i can. I've discovered that there are few listeners becos so many want to talk and be heard. When you hear people out at times, it helps you to appreciate life and live a life of gratitude cos you may just find out that so many folks out there are worse off so that complaining or narrating your problems becomes a waste of time. Cheers!
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
28 Apr 07
Nice to know that you are good and patient listerner and peole approach you when they are in trouble. Hope you will also give me a patient hearing, if needed LOL.
Thanks for your replies and positive thoughts.(+) rated.
@grecychunny26 (9483)
• Philippines
19 Apr 07
yes i am a good listener, i am very patient in listening on the problem of someone who approaches me because i want to hear the details and to know how i could help them. i never ignore someone who approaches me for help, because i want to know if i can help them even in a little way.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
24 Apr 07
Woh! that is very positive of you that you give a patient hearing to others and you wish to help them out. I feel honoured to have such a friend in my list.
(+) rated and thanks.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
19 Apr 07
I try very hard to always be a good listener. I know how very important it is. A wise person once said that God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason. We should listen twice as much as we talk.
I also think there is more to listening than just sitting there without saying anything. There is active listening and passive listening. Sometimes people don't need a response from you at all, they just need to speak and feel someone hears them. Others times it can be a real effort to be a good listener and try to hear what people are "really" saying.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
24 Apr 07
Nice to know that you are good listener and always tries to be a patient listener. I agree... that sometimes people just want acceptance and acknowledgement from your side... it is not necessary to comment... you have to just listen to them.
I feel honoured that you are my friend who is very good listener and an intelligent one.
(+) rated and thanks very much.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I am the type of person who will put aside my own problems so that I could listen to the problems of my friends. I want to be there for my friends and family or even aquaintences whenever they need me.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
30 Apr 07
People, friends and family tell me that I am a good listener, even if I don't have the answers to their problems. The fact that I am there to listen to them, to be sincere, to pay attention to what they are saying, for them to have someone to talk to seems to lessen the burden/problem. If they ask for a solution then I try my best to help them out, but most of the time I'm there for them to lean on.
@creematee (2810)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I listen. I do my best to give sound advice. I fel discouraged when that advice isn't followed and they come back for me to listen all over again. :)
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@bad1981 (799)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I guess I am a good listener because everyone seems to call me with their problems with their family or their men. I am on the other end thinking why me? Why do they always come to me for answers? Because I am a good friend and always listen to them. I always sit back and let them vent because I know that it makes you feel better sometimes.
Sometimes if I can relate I will tell them how I handled a certain situation that I have had before and that sometimes gives people a light on how to also handle what they are going through.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
24 Apr 07
Nice answer and wonderful but modest admission by you that you are good listener. So you are one who helps others in solving their problems....
Shall I tell you my problems also... you may be able to give me good solutions LOL
Thanks very much for your response.
Deepak
@prashantrjp (275)
• India
18 Apr 07
yes i am a good listener.listening always improves the knowledge and is always helpful.and helping people who are in trouble is always good.sometimes hearing a person lets him ease his pain.
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@cyclops_online2004 (779)
• India
18 Apr 07
Yes, i am a very good listener.
But, i do it whenever i myself am not busy with other things.But if i am i usually tend to ignore the person who is speaking to me. Because i cant do two things at a time. I can, but i love to do things with full concentration.