You may have been told that you’re a great listener. People come to you to talk over their problems, because you don’t dive in with quick-fix solutions or interrupt them mid-flow. Introverts like to weigh up the facts before coming up with an answer.
Sara Elliott Price • Introvert Mindset: How to Use Your Special Talents and Unique Personality Traits to Create Success (Introversion, Myers Briggs and The Introvert Advantage)
When I’m listening to you, it’s infinitely more important for me to listen to me than to listen to you. Of course, it’s important to listen to you, but it’s more important that I listen to me. Otherwise I won’t be hearing you.
J. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
Listen to the silence, pay attention
Diego Pineda • The Solo Thought Leader: From Solopreneur to Go-To Expert in 7 Steps (Solo Thought Leadership Book 1)
Roya used to say I was a good listener. Mostly, though, I was just a bad talker.
Kaveh Akbar • Martyr!
“The quality of your conversations is greatly dependent on the quality of your listening.”