Magic Words for Earning Attention
Being a good listener is one of the most important and enchanting life skills anyone can have. Yet few of us know how to do it, not because we are evil but because no one has taught us how and – a related point – few have listened sufficiently well to us. So we come to social life greedy to speak rather than listen, hungry to meet others but reluct
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
“Listening is a basic ingredient of attention, and it can be learned and
practiced. Listening is fueled by interest and curiosity. It is a discipline
and an action in the world, and the results are nearly magical. Hearing
can restore. To be heard, really heard by another person, is to be healed.”
― Anne Bogart, And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpr... See more
practiced. Listening is fueled by interest and curiosity. It is a discipline
and an action in the world, and the results are nearly magical. Hearing
can restore. To be heard, really heard by another person, is to be healed.”
― Anne Bogart, And Then, You Act: Making Art in an Unpr... See more
Anne Bogart Quotes (Author of A Director Prepares)
Subtle shifts in language can sometimes have surprising consequences. The language of attention seems particularly loaded with economic and value-oriented metaphors, such as when we speak of paying attention or imagine our attention as a scarce resource we must either waste or horde. However, to my ears, the related language of attending to the wor... See more
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • Attending to the World
Don’t underestimate the power of thinking, your own and others. Don’t underestimate the power of listening, your own and others. Be willing to risk experimenting with listening even more and talking even less. Beautiful things will happen.
Carolyn Freyer-Jones • The Total Coaching Success Book: Everything You Need Internally and Externally to Create a Financially Successful Coaching Business
Poet Yahia Lababidi on the power of listening:
“A good listener is one who helps us overhear ourselves.”
“A good listener is one who helps us overhear ourselves.”