Learning to Listen - a quick guide to empathetic understanding

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Learning to Listen A Quick Guide to Empathetic Understanding By Chloe Tseung, David Colby Reed, and Lee-Sean Huang

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It sounds elementary, but even us grown-ups need an occasional refresher course on how to listen, how to REALLY listen. Listening is an essential part of being a good friend, colleague, lover, designer, manager, and PERSON. It’s a prerequisite for empathy, creativity, and collaboration.

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Learning to Listen A Quick Guide to Empathetic Understanding

By Chloe Tseung, David Colby Reed, and Lee-Sean Huang

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It sounds elementary, but even us grown-ups need an occasional refresher course on how to listen, how to REALLY listen. !

Listening is an essential part of being a good friend, colleague, lover, designer, manager, and PERSON. !

It’s a prerequisite for empathy, creativity, and collaboration.

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“The most basic of all human needs is

the need to understand and be understood.

The best way to understand people is to

listen to them.”  !!!

Dr. Ralph Nichols, Co-Author of Are you listening?

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“Most people do not listen with

the intent to understand;

they listen with the intent to reply.”

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Stephen R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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The Spirit Animals of Listening

Silent Sponge

Paraphrasing Parrot

Probing Puppy

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Silent Sponge

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Silent Sponge

Shhhhhh! !

Don’t Speak. !

Just listen. !

Observe. !

Take it all in.

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Paraphrasing Parrot

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Paraphrasing Parrot

So what I think you’re saying is… !If I heard you correctly, your concern is… !To paraphrase… !

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Probing Puppy

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Probing Puppy

What do you mean by….? !!

Please tell me more about…. !!

Could you give me an example? !!

What was the context of…? !!

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We would love to hear from you!

Chloe Tseung

!David Colby Reed

!Lee-Sean Huang

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