Are you a good listener?

Yes, I believe I am a good listener, that is if the topic being disscussed is interesting , informative, and educational. Especially if the speaker is a very good one, has good diction, with good sense of humor, the more i will be impressed and eager to listen. But if the speaker is not so good, but i still find the topic interesting, I will still listen.

I am a good listener too, in fact I always wanted to listen than to tell the story. If anyone will ask me to listen to them, I stop by and listen. Even it will takes a longer hours. But of course it is hard to listen to words that you have little interest on it, I talk once in a while like having questions on the part that I don't understand. My friends like to share their problems on me, because I listen I don't give them options unless they ask for it.

I am also a pretty good listener Vijayanths.I also listen with empathy [always looking at things from their poit of view aand do not get judgemental.People normally feel comfortable talking to me .My son thinks that this is a rare quality/the way I relate to people.I also try to force myself to patiently refrain from talking and listen to the other person at times , when I feel like butting in.

I've been told that I'm a good listener when someone needs to vent or just talk. I try to be but I also want to help when I can but I first need to hear what the problem is so listening is very important. I'd hope someone would do the same for me in my time of need.

What did you say, Vijay? I wasn't listening lol. (Just kidding.) It is important that people know we "hear" them and listen when they talk with us, so yes, I make a point to listen well when someone else is talking to me. It is easy to tell when someone is NOT listening, and that hurts us or makes us feel of little interest. Good discussion topic. Karen

Hi vijayanths, may be you dont have a good voice, so you are afraid to talk. That is why you prefer to be silent. Kidding. It depends actually. I am a good listener when somebody is in pain. But I am not a good listener when I am in pain. I think I am so set on the solution that I want that I am not willing for softer way out. Not always, but sometimes. I do need to correct myself in many ways. :) As usual, your discussions are great. They make me examine my behavior, and think where I need to correct myself.

People say I am a good listener. Many try to share their personal experiences, problems and thoughts with me and confide in me. I never take tales to others. They also know that. My principle is give at least your ears to listen and shoulder to cry. Let the other person get some solace in your attitude of this. But unnecessary and repeatetive talks are to be curtailed.

I am actually a really good listener. If someone has to talk about something I will always be there to listen and to give advice when I am able to. Now the problem is that when I want to talk to someone most of the people I talk to immediately change the subject to talk about something else that has to do with themselves. That pretty much does annoy me because I want to try and get something out and then you have this person start to talk about him/herself. But I guess not everyone can be a good listener.

hi vijayanths I think I am becoming a much better listener and I do remember when my son was little how he would interrupt me and say, mom you did not listen to me, and I would feel really embarrassed as I had not really been paying so much attention to him as to what I wanted to say in reply. I then started to really stop and listen to him and my husband and any one else speaking to me. I realized how rude it was to shut off listening in order to formulate what you wanted to say in return. I applied the golden rule to this situation. I found that if I wanted people to really listen to me, I had to do the same thing, really listen to them. People love it when you give them your complete attention. and it pays off as they will also listen to you with full attention.So yes I am on my way to being a really good listener. and here in this retirement center a lot of people are lonely and just want to talk to someone who will really listen to them.

i think that i am a good listener.it become my habit and respect for others.when they want to talk,i often listen seriously and understand what he mean and finally i would speak what i want.

May be I too belong to your group only. Most of the times, I will allow others to talk and I will listen. But if the other end is too boring and bragging type, to stop them from further boring, I start talking changing the topic so that they will keep quiet.Ofcourse nobody likes the people who will talk without any punctuation marks

yes! i am good listener..that's why i have lot's of friend and also they trust me

Blessed with an intuitive nature, I do more listening than talking. :-) I love to hear what people have got to say. When I listen I really look them in the face, and I love seeing the way they talk and their facial expressions. :-) I easily get carried away by people's statements. I am really annoyed by people who interrupt. That's very rude--it's a turnoff for me. It makes you feel like what you've got to say is not that important. I also don't like it when they pretend that they're listening, or when you're talking to them they're not looking at you. It ruins my day. I've known a lot of people who are that way, and sometimes it makes me just wanna avoid them because of their attitude because I fear that they would not let me finish again. I am not the person to talk a lot, so when I do talk, which is not so often, I want them to listen to me, as I do to them. =)

Well yes I am a good listener, but still though I don't like it if a person tries to control the whole conversation because then it will just get boring. It's like a person who likes to talk about themselves which can get boring if they don't let you get a word in. Still when my friends have problems they can always tell me because I will listen to what they say. Still though if a person tries to control a conversation I would probably stop listening. I would lose interest.

i too am a good listener, though i may not agree with the speaker all the time, but i have the power to listen to their points and find out good things from them...i can't call myself a good speaker, i sometimes feel that i lack words and can't explain what i want t say, so sometimes i fail to express my views in frontt of others.....

I am a good listener. I have always been shy and think this helps to be a good listener because you prefer to hear other people talk rather than speak yourself. I much prefered at school when we just had to sit and listen to the teacher rather than have class discussions and stand up and talk about something on our own!

Hi vijayan, Most people are not good listeners, they would like the others to listen while they keep on talking. I am a good listener most of the time, but there are times when I do get carried away and speak exactly what I feel .It is not possible to be a listener all the time, you need to contribute too. But when someone wants to make a point and are talking sense I listen to them without interrupting, but when someone wants to go on talking about themselves without ever bothering to listen to the other person , then I may not really bother to listen....All the best

I am a good listener to be honest, and people love me for who i am. I always take their possibilities to consider it, so they will consider mine.

I'm undoubtedly a good listener. I think it's polite to listen to others . Of course i can surely understand those who want to dominate in the talking because they are talkative and have many interesting topics. I'm a quite person and i don't chat much so i'd rather be a listener. However most of time when people finish talking i don't know how to make a sentence except "yes, well, or no"

I consider my self as a good listener than speaker,i can patiently listen to all my friends and other people who wants to share their views, If somebody want to speak with me i can listen to them with all eared, simply because when you listen to them its a way to understand the feeling deep within,I never interfere of anyone who wants to talk, simple as it is.Have a nice day!