Good listeners are rare. Outstanding listeners are rarer still.
What keeps folks — maybe me and you — from listening well and deeply?
- We might not care.
- We’re too &$%#ed busy.
- We think the speaker is uniformed, or worse.
- We’re distracted by ___?___ (something, or everything).
- We don’t value the speaker, or her/his opinion.
- We’d rather be talking.
- We’re TIRED!
Oh, but how much could we learn, and how much more open to us would others be, if…………
we’d just LISTEN?
*If you’d like to read more of nc’s blatherings, go to nc’s Recursive Learning.
Nelson Coulter
Nelson Coulter has held a lot of titles: rancher, educator, author, musician, entrepreneur, coach, mentor, consultant, and professor. He has coached, taught, and been published in many settings. He has served in public schools of all shapes, sizes, and contexts. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Louisiana State University - Shreveport. His most cherished titles, however, are the ones not attached to career identity: son, husband, dad, and granddad.
