Being a good listener is more complex than we believe.

That is really frustrating. It just like having a conversation with a tape recorder. I mean, if I wanted to have such a conversation like that, I could get some sound bytes that say about the same thing on the Internet. Or better yet, I can skip the middle man, and just have it with a wall. Because I might actually get some decent feedback. Granted, there are times where there is nothing more to add, but there are others like this one, where you can see that the person is just not wanting to even given the slightest, most miniscule efforts to listen to you and it does make you want to rip out your hair in utter tension and frustration. I hope they don't expect me to actually put in any effort listening to them based on their performance or worse, complain about me not listening. That is really the funniest part about this, when a non-listener complains about you not listening. Thanks for responding. Its appreciated. Have a nice day.

All points of communication can be rather beneficial in many ways when it all comes down for it. I mean there are some people who are better listeners than they are speakers. They are better chiming in on an idea than coming up with it on their own. Then there are other people who are really just better in carrying the bulk of the conversation, while the other person listens, or hopefully listens rather, as listening tends to be something that is really not that comes at all naturally to them in many ways. Still having a moderate degree of both skills, that is something that will serve many people well I would really think. Someone who has both skills down rather well, will have a pretty good chance to do rather good in life. Other people, they will do about as well depending on the skills. Concentration can be something that can be a major sticking point for a lot of people and something that can be a bit of an Achilles Heel. Thanks for responding. Its appreciated. Have a nice day.

It is really a constant struggle with a lot of people for sure. I think that while I try to listen, there are times where I really do slip up in many ways. There is just something about listening that many people do find a rather huge challenge and let's face it, there are times where our interest is not going to be all that there is. That's unfortunate but true. Even when we know that we should be listening to this, every word that is being said for sure, there is just nothing that really is all that engaging about the conversation at hand. It really is up to us trying to listen to get ourselves interested. In many ways, if we ask questions when given the chance, we can steer the conversation into a slightly more intriguing direction. Something that is rather more enlightening for sure. Still that is really a part of being a good listener, not just the act of listening or rather what many consider listening would be the act of hearing sound. Sure we might get a general idea, but do we really engage? That is something that many do have problems with. Thanks for responding. Its appreciated. Have a nice day.