7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens
5. Seek first to understand, and then
to be understood
Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood, this habit will
ensure your teen learns the most important communication skill there is: active
listening.
Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the
deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be
respected and value for who they are—a unique, one-of-a-kind,
never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless
they feel it, however, they will tell you more than you may want to hear. People
don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of
communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body
language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in
our voice (40 percent).
Most people are eager to talk and had and rather talk than
listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as
much as we talk. Learn to listen and listen to learn. Listen, really listen,
understand then to be understood—LISTEN.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
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