Listening, really listening, really is a rarely practiced art isn't it? I mean there is a lot of talking but how much of what is said is heard, not to mention understood? I would guess less than a third.
If you're just starting your career, do all you can to become a good listener. You weren't born one, you have to work at it and it is the most important skill you can work to develop.
Good advice Allan, I agree completely. My oldest son just started his first post MBA job and my suggestion was that if in the first 30 days or so he found he was talking as opposed to listening 50% or more of the time, he was talking too much.
Listening, really listening, really is a rarely practiced art isn't it? I mean there is a lot of talking but how much of what is said is heard, not to mention understood? I would guess less than a third.
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Good advice Allan, I agree completely. My oldest son just started his first post MBA job and my suggestion was that if in the first 30 days or so he found he was talking as opposed to listening 50% or more of the time, he was talking too much.
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