This is my new mantra. I’ve been repeating it to myself often. Originally, this goal was just about not talking to much when I am nervous. I talk so that I can control the situation and therefore know what to expect. (After lots of self reflection…turns out I’m a bit of a control freak.)

But now I’m trying to use listening as a better way to interact with people as well as getting to know them.

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood” is quoted in by 7 Habits of Highly effective People (which I STILL haven’t read yet) and Susan Abrams “The New Success Rules for Women”.