{"id":2043,"date":"2012-08-23T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T20:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2012-08-23T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T20:06:04","slug":"are-you-listening-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/2012\/08\/23\/are-you-listening-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Listening to Me?…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did You Say Something?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My husband likes to claim that he has selective hearing and tells people that he is hard of hearing in his right ear only\u2026the ear closest to me in the car. You may recognize the symptoms: You ask a question while in the passenger seat of the car, look over to the driver who is staring with a blank look at the road, you in turn receive no response verbally or otherwise\u2026if this is your significant other, he\/she is experiencing Selective Hearing Syndrome<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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While my husband may deny it, he has learned to tune me out over the years as I am certain many of us, including me, have learned to tune out everyday sounds in our active lives. When we really stop to reflect on what is most important to us, whether personally or professionally, it takes all of our inbred senses such as the art of active listening to develop the relationships in our lives.<\/p>\n

Relationships don\u2019t just blossom on their own. They require some concerted effort on our parts to \u201cwork the relationship.\u201d All too often, many of us don\u2019t take the time to really listen to each other. Our minds are actively sorting through our \u201cto do list\u201d as people are talking to us or emailing\/texting. We are a multi-tasking society<\/em>. We don\u2019t take the time to \u201cnurture\u201d our relationships whether personally or professionally. We are just now seeing the results with our younger generation, a \u201ctech-savvy generation,\u201d who may suffer from not knowing how to connect with people on a personal level, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

Recently, I read a wonderful book that can be applied to both personal and business relationships. It\u2019s about developing bonds with people rather than superficial relationships. The book is entitled, \u201cLeading with Soul<\/em>\u201d by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal.<\/p>\n

Also, here is a great blog on listening: The Discipline of Listening<\/a><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve applied all of these tools and you still can\u2019t hear well, then I suggest you get your hearing checked!<\/p>\n

Be sure to make it a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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