Posts Tagged With: listen
sAGE aDvICE (post Kirk Weisler)
Heard this nearly as I woke up today. Making something bigger is different than making more of something. Not sure exactly what it means for me yet…but it seems to be sticking so I am going to continue to pondering it. I’ve heard my kids say, “Go big or go home.” but I am pretty sure that’s not it. Bigger isn’t always better – but then neither is more…even when it’s money. Often we don’t need more, nor do we really need bigger…often all we really need is better. Well – I am no sage – but with some thoughtful consideration, study and reflection wisdom and insight can be found in some of the most obvious and the most obscure places.
Where do you most often find the wisdom and insight that inspires you to create a better life? Well here is a bit of wisdom from a known and respected sage…
I like 1, 3, 6, 8 & 10 on his list the best. One of the best ways I have ever come across to learn wisdom is to listen. But learning to listen can take a lot of work…but it’s certainly work worth doing.
make it a great day…. Kirk Out
Hear What Isn’t Being Said (post by Kirk Weisler)
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” ~Peter Drucker
This couldn’t be more true…. or more difficult. It really does take a deliberate effort to cultivate the habit of seeking understanding of what is being said. It’s so easy to want to “get it” quickly so we can move on. This usually results in our thinking we’ve “got it” when we really we don’t. Then we end up responding to the “wrong thing” in what we think is the “right way”…. but we’re just plain wrong and all because we didn’t “really” hear what was being said. We only heard the words but missed the intended meaning.
To accomplish this we must listen with our brain, our ears, our eyes and our heart.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Understand?
Do You Really Listen?
“His thoughts were slow,
His words were few, and never formed to glisten.
But he was a joy to all his friends–
You should have heard him listen.”
-Unknown
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