LEARN WHAT YOU LISTEN (2)

Four Causes of Poor Listening


1.Not concentrating

2.Listening too hard (eg pick up the detail,but miss the point)

3.Jumping to conclusion

4.Focusing on delivery and personal appearance

How to become a better listener


~ Take listening seriously

~ Resist distractions

~ Don't be diverted by appearance or delivery

~ Focus your listening
   -listen to main point
   -listen to evidence
   -listen for technique

~Suspend judgement
   -hear first then think
   -listen for ideas then make up your mind
   -not agree 100% for what ever speaker say

Four kinds of listening


1.Appreciate listening-----:listening for pleasure on enjoyment

2.Empathic listening-------listening to provide emotional support for speaker

3.Comprehensive listening----listening to understand the message of speaker

4.Critical listening---------listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it.