Are you listening to understand or reply?

Listening Skills: understanding or replying?  Which is better? https://youtu.be/im1i6Q31Wtg Many of us were taught the importance of paraphrasing.  You know, put someone’s words into your words and repeat it back to them.  The problem with this technique is that we end up doing what I call PARROTphrasing.  We squawk someone’s words back to them

Listen Better So You Can Communicate Better

Ohh, misunderstandings can be so annoying. Right?!  Who wants to repeat themselves one, two, three, four, or more times because someone else doesn’t take the time to really listen. (To listen AND watch click here!) LISTEN BETTER to communicate better is the tip this week! Copyright Sebastiaan ter Burg. Used with permission. The