are you a good listener?
By sumatix
@sumatix (257)
United Arab Emirates
January 4, 2012 2:28am CST
I am certainly not.whenever there is some one talking about his /her experience i tend to drool my own experience into it rather than calmly and patiently listening to his views and my husband allwaz will stare at me indicating me to just stop and listen to what the other person is telling.
i wonder am i the only one who just gets so excited to hear the familier or interesting toopic and just run over to give my views or some more are like me...
what about you?are you a good listener?
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4 responses
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
4 Jan 12
I am a pretty good listener. In a conversation, I will try and make sure I do my fair share of listening. But I don't like it when another conversationalist monopolises the conversation. Also, I have to admit, I prefer to be the dominant half of a conversation, and do most of the talking. However, I am also capable of being the submissive half, and doing a lot of sympathetic and intelligent listening...that is, if my contributions are welcome. If they are not, I can become resentful, and express my irritation quite strongly.
@bonding2 (219)
• South Africa
16 Mar 12
listening is a great skill but quite unfortunately only very few people has the patient to listen to others ,most people would rather you listen to them than listen to you.if you are a good listener ,you will attract a lot of good friends.practice how to keep quiet and ask questions only when necessary.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
4 Jan 12
I think I am a rather good listener, as I am very interested in other peoples exploits, I have actually learnt a lot from people who have stories to tell and problems to solve.
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
20 Jan 12
I think I am a good listener. The reason is that many friends had came to me and share their feelings and private details without much hesitation. It seems like they will be pleasant and satisfied after sharing with me and I would never tell others about what they have told me. Being a good listener I make sure that I listen actively, I give constant nod to signal attentiveness, paraphrase what they told me to show empathy. Empathy is very important as they would feel that you really care about their problems.
