Often the most important part of working with conflict is listening? What did you just say?
That is right listening. How well we listen has a lot to do with how we much we concentrate on what is being said. It takes effort to receive, process and respond to others. Do you listen to understand what is being said from the speaker’s point of view? Or do you hear the sounds being made but are actually more focused on what your are going to say back to what you think you are hearing? Unfortunately the latter is the more common. We all have done it. We all still do it far to often.
If I told you that the secret to happiness with people is learning to listen I would be close to the truth. Getting to have a word in at times in a conversation is also desired. I will say with confidence that those who listen; deeply listen, to understand generally have more satisfying lives with less conflict.
Do you think you are a good listener? What makes you be one?
