Monday, February 26, 2007

Conversations

We talk to people everyday. Talk, talk, talk, all day long. Some people are excessive talkers, they never seem to shut up. Others are listeners, you have to pay attention or you might miss what they have to say. But between all this talking and listening is anything ever said. I think not often
Mostly it is a lot of noise to fill out days and time. But once in a while in just a few sentences you can learn a world of information from someone. If you are paying attention.

That is a second issue, paying attention. So many of us are sounding board bouncing back as much noise as we hear, do we listen to what is being said? What really happened in that last conversation?
Those little important facts are there, find them, they may be the ones you need. The ones that will get you through the next day or week or lifetime.

Remember we have two ears and one mouth. We should listen twice as often as we talk.

2 comments:

Anita Figueras said...

Cris, this is a great post.

I am well aware that I tend to be a talker, not a listener. It's one of the things I am working on.

Anita

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