Listen To Me!
A lot can go on in a normal conversation but, do you really listen to what the person is trying to say?
I just watched Celeste Headlee's TedTalk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, and after watching it all I understood what it means to have an actual genuine conversation, you have to LISTEN. She quoted Stephen Covey when he said "most of us don't listen with the intent to understand, we listen with the intent to reply" and that actually stood out to me because it's so true. Like, if I have to have a conversation with someone about something that doesn't interest me, I won't listen fully and just listen so I can have some sort of reply.
When you have a conversation with someone you have to get rid of all distractions and just understand what they're trying to say. Headlee also said how teens now don't want to actually speak to someone in person so, we need to put our phones down and actually have a face to face conversation with someone instead of just wanting to text them. I hate when I'm in an argument with someone and they don't want to meet in person to talk it out or at least talk over the phone, and not text it. It's actually the worst thing ever because you can't show how you're really feeling over a text. Headlee's TedTalk just opened my eyes to things that I've done during a conversation like, not actually listening so I can get it over with. So, now if I see that someone isn't actually listening to me when I'm trying to talk to them, there's going to be an issue! Just kidding, but seriously, when you're in a conversation with someone, even if you don't like it, just try to pay attention and listen! :)
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