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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Listening earns you the right to...

1. Listening earns you the right to speak.

2. Listening earns you the right to be right.

3. Listening earns you the right to clarify goals.

4. Listening earns you the right to offer advice.

5. Listening earns you the right to be respected.

6. Listening earns you the right to be listened to.

7. Listening earns you the right to voice your opinions.

8. Listening earns you the right to share in others’ lives.

9. Listening earns you the right to proceed to the next step.

10. Listening earns you the right to advance the conversation.

11. Listening earns you the right to influence the other person.

12. Listening earns you the right to let your creativity take over.

13. Listening earns you the right to create what wants to be created.

LET ME ASK YA THIS...
What does listening earn you the right to do?

LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
Finish this sentence five times: listening earns you the right to...

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Labels: grow bigger ears, really long lists

2 Comments

2 Comments:

At 6:32 AM, Jason Jacobsohn said...: Being a good listener is a must for building relationships. You need to let people talk about themselves and then figure out how you can help. Good communication skills will make you remembered and people will want to speak to you. Nice reminder Scott.
At 5:27 AM, Matthew Cornell said...: I'd add to your terrific list:

o to get your ego out of the way (humility training!)
o to have a perspective shift (to the speaker's)
o to *learn* :-)

(P.S. I'm listening to you - thanks)