Listening Solves Problem

I always wondered after every argument, “What is the best way to resolve an argument?”. It never hit me till one day my partner told me,

“Don’t you ever listen?”

Is that what am I lacking? Being a listener. That’s when I realized that being a good listener should be the easiest thing but always being ignored by many of us. A relationship is not based on only how good you treat someone or how understanding you are, it is also important to listen. Listening is essential and it’s different from hearing. When you listen, you pay attention and when you speak you expect that the listener understands what you said. It is give and take. Being a good listener helps us not only to solve problems but also to see the world through the eyes of others.

5 simple ways to be a listener:

1.    Be physically and mentally ready to listen.

2.    Look at the person. Show that you are listening.

3.    Never interrupt the person before they are finished.

4.    Be patient and not defensive.

5.    Learn to read in between lines so that you can hear what the person is really saying.  

  So now, I know that one way to reduce misunderstanding is by listening, which I actually realized after ‘listening” to my partner.

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