Friday, 3 April 2009

Listening is active not passive ...

I was out for a walk with the dog this morning and as I was walking through some woods I thought I heard a woodpecker. I wasn't sure at first, there's lots of different birds in those woods. I found myself concentrating a bit more so that I could hear the pecking more clearly, and as I did so I walked more slowly and carefully over the twigs, so as not to frighten it away. As I moved on, the pecking became louder, it was definitely a woodpecker. I had for those few minutes shut out all the other sounds around me, forgot about the dog. It reminded me of the article we read on Wednesday-'listening to hear is active not passive',.
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  1. Anonymous6 April 2009 at 10:46

    What a good illustration...makes perfect sense!

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  2. dlugiekudly21 April 2009 at 05:27

    I think you are absolutely right!
    As proffesional careers advisers we need to listen very carefully to what the client is saying. I am saying that becuase recently I experienced unproffesional service from careers adviser when I went to Shandwick Place. I was disappointed as she never listened to what I was saying and she never gave what I wanted. I think she might have forgotten about active listening.

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