Encouraging to read others’ commentary here about how they learn to listen more.

I realized I had to learn to listen better at a meeting yesterday. I was brought in to be the expert and most of the meeting, I was. Then at the end, I needed to ask advice about something that they knew better than I. She started answering my question, and I kept being tempted to interrupt her, and even interrupt in ways that would change the subject, and eventually I did interrupt. Not a disaster, but it would have gone better if I had just shut my trap and listened.

I started reading a book about how to have better conversations (Instant Persuasion by Laurie Puhn), and I realized that so many of the rules rely on having more control over what comes out of your mouth, a control that I am not as good at as I would like to be.