He was a great motivator, we all thought.
#Appreciative listening professional
Recently, together with several former colleagues, we remembered one of whom we all agreed to consider the best bosses we had had in our professional career. And one of the most necessary in any area of our life.
#Appreciative listening how to
Knowing how to listen is not only an attitude, it is also an aptitude, a skill. A question is asked not necessarily for the answer, but to verify and thus imply that we are listening and we want to understand well what is shared with us.
It is important to verify what we understand and if what we understand is what we want to communicate. How many times has it happened to us that we appreciate what they tell us but do not interpret or make sure of the message they want to give us. Then the woman said, “I can finally have a coffee!“ Already in one of them, he needed gasoline and decided to stop.
I remember the example of someone who wanted to stop at a gas station for coffee, and every time they were about to pass by one, she would say to her husband, who was driving, “ Don’t you want to put gas in the car?” Listening is more than just appreciating a message given. I appreciated, in one way or another, what was said but lost connection with who was saying it and, possibly, what they were communicating. I was comfortable in one situation or another and suddenly I was transported to what they were talking about and without realizing it I was no longer present in the conversation itself but immersed in what it was described. It has happened to me on occasions that I have been listening to someone who inspired me or told me about a personal situation. Have you ever felt uncomfortable listening to something and have you realized that the focus of attention was not on what you were listening to, but rather on how it made you feel? Therefore, appreciative listening is practised when listening to our favourite music, a recorded meditation or a recited speech. We don’t actually pay attention.Īppreciative listening is not necessarily about communicating with others, but rather about the relationship with ourselves and what we need to do to nourish the mind. Appreciative listening is one through which we listen without paying attention, in a relaxed way, seeking pleasure or inspiration.
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