Listening is a Ten Part Skill

I learned a lot from “listening is a ten part skill”. The ten parts to this skill of listening are find an area of interest, judge content not delivery, hold your fire, listen for ideas, be flexible, work at listening, resist distractions, exercise your mind, keep your mind open and finally capitalize on thought speed.  Most people spend a good share of their lives listening. Success or failure throughout life often depends on how well or how poorly a person listens. Almost any job involves a certain amount of listening. Whether it is instructions on how to do your job or listening to coworkers speak. Learning through listening is mainly an inside job, or an inside action on the part of the listener. What the listener needs to do is replace some common present attitudes with others. I found all of the explanations of these parts very useful when I’m having trouble listening to something specific. Hopefully now I know how to handle situations where listening is a very important factor.