Learn to listen more than you speak
Wow it's 4 month already,how time flies, it was just like yesterday when I started day 1,I was then looking forward to one month then I clocked one month and now four months,wow,I just want to use this medium to thank the Almighty God for always giving me inspiration to write and also my co-writers here too,thank you for always standing by me,the likes of @Olasquare @Princessbusayo @wakeuplincs and all others I did not mention too,you are really sighted. I want to say a big thank you to @TheRandomRewarder for always remembering and never forgetting me.
So let me move on to the purpose of today's writing,it's all about listening more than talking.
The purpose of having two ears and one mouth is so that we can listen well before we utter anything from our mouth.
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words. -Roy T. Bonnet.
Most times when people talk to us,we are always in a hurry to end the discussion by telling them ours or replying to what they have to say without thinking of how it will affect them or not,most of the time when people decided to tell us about something,all they are saying is please can just listen? Listen to me,listen to the intent of my heart,don't judge me too quickly,help me find solution to this,these are the things going on their minds, always be reserved,listen more,too much talking rather than listening can cause danger,life is not all about you or your personal matter, it's about other people too.
We should always listen to understand not just to speak,we should listen with curiousity, like what is the real meaning of what the person is telling you,what does the person want you to do about it, don't just jump into conclusion and decide the fate of the person with your mouth, I know in this world we are there some people that design what's happening to you through what you tell them, I mean even if you are lying they will tell you to speak the truth because they can read you psychologically, while some people will not even Know what's happening but they would have concluded on that, let's give other people the chance to talk to us, the chance to approach us easily, you never can tell what that your neighbor is going through, because he/she smiles at you doesn't mean everything is going on well with them, some are just bottling it up because they don't know who can give them listening ear, and because you are always frowning your face they think you are not approachable,learn to smile too and be a listening ear to others.
Thanks for reading, bye 👍.
There is more to communication than seeing it with a mere thinking. Communication is the act of passing out information and then listening to give a well detailed feedback.
It's expedient for us to listen more than speaking. We need to give a listening ear by giving out undivided attention to another person because such a person at that point, needs someone to hear them while they open up to them.