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How to talk less, listen more
It made me
 "It made me realise how much people LOVE talking about each other. I guess I've become such a good listener that all I hear nowadays is "I, I, me, me"... People you really should stop doing that!!"
How I did it: I have read a book in which the author convinces that listening is very important, even more - asking questions to make people talk even more :) (By the way I hate how this page is right now - why do I HAVE TO write so much in here to be published????) Lessons & tips: Ask additional questions when someone is talking about someone, it really makes them happy.
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Dreamdancer12 Oh My!
How I did it: By taking time to breathe. Letting myself recognize the discomfort of a pregnant pause in a conversation, but breathing through it, unless my thoughts really needed to be spoken, in which case I'd be to the point as possible and then leave room for others. Read how I did it…
Dreamdancer12 Oh My!
I’ve definitely been creating more space and peaceful non-talkingness in my life :) It feels good… but I don’t know how much I’m really open to listening to the woes of others right now either – I’m in a fairly nutral zone of not bogging people down with my stuff, but not really going out of my way to get people to open up either…
Gingerbread_Girl Is celebrating getting old.
2 ears
1 mouth.
Dreamdancer12 Oh My!
The worse I do at this… it’s been really bad the last few weeks. I need to shut up!
purplechameleon is kindness growing
I was a quiet child. Didn’t speak, then I was a chatterbox for several years of being heard but not listened to. Now I am finding comfort in embracing being quiet again. The world is such a better place for me when I don’t say much. All I need is a hands on activity.
Dreamdancer12 Oh My!
Losing the calm balance I had going for a while. I’m in a bit of a tizzy and need to BREATHE and absorb into a more central core again. Time to SHUT UP until I can be sure I’m coming from a meditive clarity in my speach and in my being :)
Dreamdancer12 Oh My!
To push others to talk in class but hold back some myself :)
Dreamdancer12 Oh My!
I tend to end up steamrollering through the silence, sharing, but also filling it with my own voice so they can’t get in a word, or share what matters to them. I’ll have more fullfilling loved filled relationships if I can learn to settle into the silence and leave space for them to open up. So, SHUT UP ALREADY!
It seems as though the people that are the most well-liked are those that are genuinely interested in others. I need to practice this skill (and make no mistake, it is a skill!).
~*digitalangel*~ is working on getting in the best shape of her life.
I’ve been a really quiet person all my life, and although people keep saying I’m too quiet, I really do enjoy it. I experience alot more personally when I’m observing rather then be a part of everything. I’m able to appreciate stuff alot more.
My friends say I’m very trustworthy because of this.
:)
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