Comments on: Get Your Ideas Heard – and Appreciated

By: breaklight

breaklight — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent and sound counsel, as James succinctly said “Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.”

By: Sue Thompson

Sue Thompson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You have addressed one of my pet peeves by extension–the utter lack of disciplined thinking. I have friends who pass on unbelievable information they have never bothered to check out. I have grown weary of asking, "Where did you hear that?" and receiving a defensive response, as though they should not be responsible for passing on ridiculous untruths. They will say silly, inane things just to fill a quiet space. One friend repeats over and over in sermons, "and suddenly . . . " when there is no segue from or to something happening suddenly. Not to mention the inattention to even pronouncing a word properly, or a person's name, even after being gently corrected more than once. And how irritating is the the current overuse of "sort of" by intelligent authors and speakers I hear interviewed on television or radio! "It was a way of sort of sending a message . . . " Wait–was it a way of sending a message or not? People will not slow down to listen to themselves and hear anything coming out of their mouths. IT IS WEARYING.

By: kristen

kristen — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am TERRIBLE at interrupting! Very very bad at it. Growing up, that's how you showed that you were paying attention and that your mind was engaged in what the person was saying. If someone was quiet while you were talking, that meant they were thinking about something else! It's been very hard to keep that under control, but my hubby helps. Often, I'll be talking to him about something and turn to see him looking at me. I'll say 'Why are you looking at me like that?!' and he says 'I'm listening to you!'