Non-Listening

         We have become so self-absorbed that we rarely listen to others. When others speak, we think about what to say next, a quick response or clever answer. If we’re doing all of that it is highly unlikely that we’ve heard much of what anyone else was saying. We have even become proud of being able to “multi-task.” Whenever we are speaking with people, the only way we can listen 100% is to give them every bit of our attention. If we are listening 100%, it is as if we are actually speaking the words others are speaking.