Are you a good listener?

India
February 4, 2009 6:33pm CST
Hello folks, wazzup!!! well we all are good speakers, being in mylot and discussiong about lot of things by this time we would have become comfortable in expressing our views freely. But how many of us are good listener? Are you the one? if so wat drives you to be a listener? Have you ever got boared being a listener? Which are the subjects that you are interested to listen?
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5 responses
• United States
5 Feb 09
i never get bored being a listener. listening is almost better than talking because its that and observing thats the bigger picture. you learn more listening and observing than you do talking hands down. the more men listen to their Gf or whoever they love is better odds of them understanding them. listening also helps solve problems of yourself and others. to me it can never get old because its always something different in some sense. to me its the guiding light.
@busibee (187)
• United States
5 Feb 09
What? I'm sorry, did you say something? I wasn't listening. Lol, just kidding. I think I'm a pretty good listener. A lot of friends and acquaintances come to me and trust me as a good shoulder to lean on. Maybe I just have one of those faces or personalities, but people always feel comfortable talking to me about their feelings, family problems, work problems, etc etc. I try to listen the best I can and try to understand what they are going through. I only try to give advise if the subject is something I have experience in or am knowledgeable about. Otherwise, I just listen to them and keep my mouth shut. I don't mind listening to anything, nothing really bothers me, except when I quit my old job (because I hated it and the managers treated everyone badly) and one of the girls I used to work with would call me up just to talk about how much she hated her job. I didn't want to be rude and say "I know what it's like, that's why I left," but I just let her ramble on because I figured she didn't have anyone else to talk to. XOXO
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
5 Feb 09
Yes I think I am a good listener, I do have a few people who come to me when they need someone to talk to and they tell me secrets which i have a load of peoples secrets which never get passed on, I think I am very sincere with people and lsten to anything they want to share.
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
5 Feb 09
I try to be a good listener no matter who I am talking to. My friends have talked to me about everything from their family and home relationship to their sports teams and so on. I know some people get frustrated at times, and just need to vent. I am the same way, so it is not hard for me to understand. I like it when someone just listens and doesn't really give advice unless asked for. So that is exactly what I try to do when I am talking to others.
• United States
5 Feb 09
I like to believe that I am a good listener. I know sitting and listening helps others vent, helps get stuff off of their chess. And usually they feel better afterwards. Also, I like to sit and listen to what someone is really saying. Just by sitting back and listening I believe I can tell a lot about a person. A person tells a lot about who they by what they talk about and what words they use. And yes, I have gotten bored as a listener. I get bored when the person begins to repeat themselves, rehashing the same subject. That's when I'll tell them that they already said this to me. Or when I'm talking with someone and they go into a story that they've already told me three times before already. I'll tell them to stop, and if they don't believe me I'll tell them the rest of their story. I do listen, maybe a little too much.