listening-to-others

Spend your time designing the greatest reputation a man could possess.

Whilst people have answered questions, I have only heard my own voice thinking of the next question.

Listening is a discipline. It__ all about being present at that moment in time.

I want you to start realising how far away you are from being able to listen professionally.

I was so sure that I knew what they needed and what I wanted to sell them that I never stopped long enough to find out what it was they wanted to buy.

Embrace the fundamentals like the closest of friends, for they will be the foundation of your future success.

Destiny and fate are of one__ own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.

You__e got to be driven to become successful.

Everything would have been for nothing just because I simply didn__ listen.

Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.

One can learn from what is not said.

In listening lies great power.Many are expert in speaking (while everyone hears), adept in analyzing in bits and pieces, very prompt in commenting, and always ready to stamp judgement of 'right' or 'wrong'.Very few are skilled in listening, first, with the ears and, then, with the heart. Those who do hold true, sustainable, and great power.

Getting in touch with the lovelessness within and letting that lovelessness speak its pain is one way to begin again on love's journey. In relationships, whether heterosexual or homosexual, the partner who is hurting often finds that their mate is unwilling to 'hear' the pain. Women often tell me that they feel emotionally beaten down when their partners refuse to listen or talk. When women communicate from a place of pain, it is often characterized as 'nagging.' Sometimes women hear repeatedly that their partners are 'sick of listening to this shit.' Both cases undermine self-esteem. Those of us who were wounded in childhood often were shamed and humiliated when we expressed hurt. It is emotionally devastating when the partners we have chosen will not listen. Usually, partners who are unable to respond compassionately when hearing us speak our pain, whether they understand it or not, are unable to listen because that expressed hurt triggers their own feelings of powerlessness and helplessness. Many men never want to feel helpless or vulnerable. They will, at times, choose to silence a partner with violence rather than witness emotional vulnerability. When a couple can identify this dynamic, they can work on the issue of caring, listening to each other's pain by engaging in short conversations at appropriate times (i.e., it's useless to try and speak your pain to someone who is bone weary, irritable, reoccupied, etc.). Setting a time when both individuals come together to engage in compassionate listening enhances communication and connection. When we are committed to doing the work of love we listen even when it hurts.

Pilar, if anyone, should have understood how awful it was to be surrounded by people who had their own version of the truth. People who wouldn__ listen to you long enough to know you at a

Our spirit wants to experience connection by being seen, felt and heard. When you ask and listen deeply with curiosity to whatever wants to be expressed, you are giving one of the most precious gifts you can give to one you love.

One of the greatest ways you can affirm value in another person is by giving them the gift of your undivided attention, the kind of attention that says, __ hear what you are saying because I value who you are._ You don__ have to agree with someone to show them their value as a person. Listening demonstrates that any person you meet is worthy of your respect and attention.

People are far more revealing by the questions they ask than the answer they give. To get closer to understanding what is really on someone__ mind, answer their questions briefly so they ask follow-up questions. By their third question you__l get a glimpse of their biggest fear or desire on the topic.

Anyone can talk,__ but to listen is a gift,____ we should all exchange