Alternate title: Maybe we should listen a little more closely.
How often do we have chances to listen to people around us? How often do we feel that little twinge of guilt, insight, conscience or enlightenment – that tells us that we probably would be better off listening, and the other party would be much better off having been heard.
Don’t get me wrong here, I’m probably one of the most talkative people I’ve met! 
It’s just amazing to me how much an impression of another person can change, if s/he listens well. People often appear more educated, better adjusted to life, more: wise, calm, inspired, humble, and probably the biggest one that I notice is that when other people listen well, they appear more pleasant. Try it sometime. Watch other people talking. When you spot someone that you see or think is a good listener, pay a little attention to them. Notice what you think of them and how or if your perception changes or adapts.
I wrote a little bit about this yesterday, in my post called Expert Listening. That post was inspired by reading some other people’s good writing on this topic. Today I read a couple more things. One was a letter to the writer of an article, where the writer of the letter was impacted by the article. Then I read the article, called The homeless: Not just a face on a bridge.
If you read the article to the end, my alternate title for this post makes a lot of sense.
Filed under: Family, Friends, Ideas, Leadership, Life, Listening, Perspective, Writing
