Comments on: Does Anyone Listen Anymore?

By: Debra

Debra — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:36:24 +0000

I am a good listener, maybe too good. I find that many of my conversations are so dominated by the other person, that I have actually withdrawn from certain people. I think people just want someone to listen to them and when they find someone that will not be rude and interupt, they will chew your ear off. I find many people self-centered. Many times while people are rambling on, I will fantasize myself putting a gun to my head. Sometimes I will count the actual words I say while they ramble on. Sadly, most of these people are uninteresting. I love the ones that start to make a point and then they go off on about 10 tangents and they never make their point. When they are done rattling, I always bring them back to their original point. I guess I just have to speak up and say, can I get a word in? Sorry for the ramble, I am as bad as the wind bags I deal with.

By: Marc Wong

Marc Wong — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:11:51 +0000

Good points. Yes, good listeners are hard to come by indeed. I’ve written up some do’s and don’ts of listening which I hope explains why listening is such a difficult yet worthy skil:
http://blog.marcwong.me/2009/01/art-of-listening.html

By: Matt Churchill

Matt Churchill — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:10:40 +0000

hey mark, great points!

There is so much information out there that we’re all trying to assimilate as much as possibly quicker than we actually can so we end up missing half of the quality content that we were initially looking to find in the first place.

We need to start being more selective with what we’re reading and then we’ll be able to read it better.

By: JVonD

JVonD — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:16:22 +0000

Cool word press page dude!

By: Tom Gilbert

Tom Gilbert — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:16:30 +0000

Mark,

Excellent post. I’m guilty of trying to do too much too fast, all in an attempt to be more productive and better… but better at what? We need to find the balance. We need quiet time, contemplation and meditation. Real conversations.

And still also harness the new technology and media interaction that helps us grow, without getting too distracted or disjointed.