105 Quotes About Listening-skills

Turn off the radio, TV, DVD, iPod, computer and cell phone. Then, listen.

The key to good listening isn't technique, it's desire. Until we truly want to understand the other person, we'll never listen well.

At the heart of good communication, is not the process of talking, but that of listening. The first step to improve your listening skills is to stop talking. It is very difficult to talk and listen at the same time.

The girl was kind in a special way; when you spoke to her, she seemed to stop thinking of whatever she been thinking and listened to you altogether.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

When we talk about cultivating a nonjudgemental, agendaless space between, we might easily believe this means we are passively present. Quite the contrary. We are dynamically awake in the midst of the inner stillness and receptivity, attending to and following what is emerging in our people.

Reasoning is that voice of wisdom that speaks to you right before you speak. But it's so low, that you would have to listen inwardly to hear it.

When you listen, you learn, gaining knowledge, with a transformation towards wisdom, thus laying an educated foundation for others to then listen, learn, gain know....

One of the greatest gifts a leader can extend to customers and employees is to listen to them.