How to be a Skilled Listener..!!



Just hearing what your speaker speaks during presentation is not the same as listening to what they say. Listening is a cognitive act that requires you to pay attention and mentally process what you listen to.





Being a good and unwearied listener helps you to perceive the world through the eyes of others, thus opening your understanding and improving your capacity for empathy.
Here are some things you should do to be a first-class listener in such circumstances..!!
  • Listen with a Purpose. 
    • Identify what you expect and hope to learn from this colloquium. Listen for these things as your teacher talks.
  • Your attitude is important. 
    • Be psychologically ready to Listen When You Come to such arena. Make a conscious choice to find the topic useful and interesting.
  • Come geared up. 
    • Make sure you come prepared with all assigned work and readings being completed. Review your notes from previous discussion. Think about what you know about the topic that will be covered in discussion that day.
  • Listen with an Open Mind. 
    • Be receptive to what the presenter is saying. It is good to question what is said as long as you remain open to points of view other than your own. 
  • Be Attentive (Focus). 
    • Try not to daydream and let your mind wander to other things. It helps to sit in the front and center of the class, and to maintain eye contact with your speaker.
  • Try to anticipate (Be an Active Listener). 
    • Evaluate what is being said and try to anticipate what will be said next. In this way you can think faster than your orator can speak and use this to your advantage.
  • Stop talking and try to be silent. 
    • It might sound evident and stale, but one of the biggest barriers to listening, for many people, is defy the impulse thoughts.Put aside your own needs, and wait for the other person to talk at their own pace.Remove all distractions. Give all of your attention. Turn off cell phones.
  • Encourage the speaker with body language
    • Nodding your head will indicate you hear what the speaker is saying, and will encourage them to continue. 
  • Empathize with the speaker
    • When a good listener feeds back how you are feeling, their description of the feeling or emotion will actually match how you are feeling. If they are off, they are dedicated to finding out how you are truly feeling versus throwing out a bunch of descriptions of how you are feeling in hopes of eventually guessing the correct feeling or emotion.
  • Things to avoid.
    • do not interrupt
    • do not interrogate
    • do not change the subject
  •  Rise to the occasion. 
    • Even when you find the information being offered difficult to understand, don't give up. Listen even more carefully at these times and work hard to understand what is being said. Don't be hesitant to ask questions.

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