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The document outlines 9 principles of effective listening: 1. Stop talking and focus on listening to the speaker. 2. Prepare yourself to listen by relaxing and focusing on the speaker. 3. Put the speaker at ease by showing interest in what they are saying. 4. Try to understand the speaker's point of view by empathizing with their perspective. 5. Be patient and allow the speaker to continue without interrupting them.

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9 Principles of Listening

The document outlines 9 principles of effective listening: 1. Stop talking and focus on listening to the speaker. 2. Prepare yourself to listen by relaxing and focusing on the speaker. 3. Put the speaker at ease by showing interest in what they are saying. 4. Try to understand the speaker's point of view by empathizing with their perspective. 5. Be patient and allow the speaker to continue without interrupting them.

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Caringal, Stephen Paul Mowryx Evangelista GED0109- SEC117

9 Principles of Listening

1. Stop Talking, Don’t Talk, Listen!

● It reminds me of the sayings of Mark Twain that according to him “ If we were supposed
to talk more than we listen, we would have two tongues and one ear.”
● It says that if we used to talk but not to listen, we would rather have two tongues and one
ear. Because we keep on using our mouth rather than we use our ear to listen.
● And sometimes ruining someone’s momentum especially when someone is discussing
or talking, is an example of being impolite.

2. Prepare yourself to Listen, Relax and Focus on the Speaker

● Focus is one of the main goals of listening


● Focusing is the ability that separates a powerful communicator from a decent
communicator.
● It benefits both the sender and the receiver.
● It helps to make a good conversation and can easily gather information to the one who is
talking.

3. Put the Speaker at Ease

● Let the speaker feel comfortable especially when he/she is talking about something.
● Show them that you’re interested to the talk.
● If the speaker is comfortable with the listeners, this will lead to a effective and proper
communication.

4. Empathize, Try to understand the Person’s point of view

● At the point when we see how others are probably going to feel, it can manage our
connections with them.
● Being understandable to the person’s point of view helps them to be comfortable while
sharing their thoughts about what are they saying.
● Rather than envisioning ourselves in someone else's position, we need to really get their
point of view.

5. Be Patient, Pause

● Let the speaker continue the flow of his conversation and don’t be rude.
● A good communication requires patience.
● Somebody who has patience in the working environment has both the capacity to tune in
and the capacity to convey the message straightforwardly to the planned beneficiary in a
manner they completely comprehend and associate with.
● For example: When someone is talking wait for your turn and don’t cut the conversation.
Wait for him/her to let you respond about your feedbacks to the conversation.

6. Avoid Personal Prejudice,Try to be Impartial

● Don’t let your pride ruin the momentum of a conversation


● Be understandable
● Wait for your turn to share your opinion
● If you are irritated, don’t you ever start an argument or else it may become worse.
● Be patient
● If there’s an argument, try to calm and be wise.

7. Listen to the Tone

● Improving the speaker’’s tone will also help the communication be more effective.
● Has a huge emotional impact.
● Example: When he is telling a story about happiness, and it became more joyful
because of its voice tone.
● Just like music, it helps you relax, feel sadness or sometimes being joyful

8. Listen for Ideas Not Just for Words

● Try to imagine a scenario while the person is talking.


● It’s like you’re listening to music.
● Getting their ideas will also develop our critical thinking skills.
● It also helps our vocabularies.

9. Wait and Watch for Non- Verbal Communication

● Having a non-verbal communication helps a conversation be more thrilling.


● Not just for listeners but also it helps the communicators to move freely when they are
stating their thoughts.
● Similarly as significant is having a comprehension of how to pass on your messages
through your non-verbal communication.
● Your talking and systems administration achievement will be to a great extent dictated
by the impression individuals get of you, and how they react to what you say.
● Once in a while you get more data about a circumstance from what an individual doesn't
say: Part of enthusiastic insight is perusing the signs individuals send and considering.

Listening is the capacity to precisely get and decipher messages in the correspondence
cycle.

Listening is critical to all viable correspondence. Without the capacity to listen


successfully, messages are effectively misjudged. Thus, correspondence separates and the
sender of the message can undoubtedly get baffled or disturbed.

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