"The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
17th century French writer
It's really not easy to real time listen to someone, process their thoughts, form your own, and communicate them back, all in a reasonable period of time.
Not easy but very important.
17th century French writer
I don't know about you but I've been guilty of this, plenty of times.
It's really not easy to real time listen to someone, process their thoughts, form your own, and communicate them back, all in a reasonable period of time.
Not easy but very important.
Good rule to follow. If you often find the first words you say to be, "Yeah but . . .", you probably weren't listening.
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