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Waiting?

john — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:45:36 +0000

The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

- Fran Leibowitz

Are you waiting or listening?

Learn to pause…

john — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:16:46 +0000

Learn to pause………… or nothing worthwhile will catch up with you.
- Doug King

Kicking the person in the pants

john — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:09:28 +0000

“If you could kick the person in the pants who is most responsible for your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

~ T Roosevelt

Eyes and Ears

john — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:36:03 +0000

From a fortune cookie:

The eyes believe themselves, the ears believe other people.

Develop your listening skills to be as good as your observation skills.

The most important of mentoring virtues

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:27:51 +0000

To obtain an insightful understanding of protégés, mentors need to have a personal relationship with them. [...] This means that excellent mentors are accessible and available. But they also need to exhibit the human skills of listening, caring, communicating openly, and giving constructive feedback. To conclude, taking the time to truly know protégés is arguably the most important of the mentoring virtues.

- Elements of Mentoring by W. Brad Johnson & Charles R. Ridley.

Judgement vs. Feedback

john — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:38:30 +0000

There is a difference between judgement and feedback. Judgement is what you said was wrong while feedback is “this is how. I felt about your speech.” This enables people to find out which area they can improve.

-Loghandran Krishnasamy, First Runner Up, WCPS 2008, taken from this article.

Gatekeeper of the Tongue

john — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:57:01 +0000

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers:

Is it true?

Is it necessary?

Is it kind?

- Arabian Proverb

Listening with your mouth open

john — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:09:23 +0000

You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from talking. Find someone with whom you don’t agree in the slightest and ask them to explain themselves at length. Then take a seat, shut your mouth, and don’t argue back. It’s physically impossible to listen with your mouth open.

– John Moe

Cherish it and use it

john — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:11:27 +0000

Get a feedback loop and listen to it…it can be one great man who tells you what you need to hear.

The hard part is the listening to it. Anybody can get chewed out. It’s the rare person who says: “Oh my God, you were right.” As opposed to, “no wait, the real reason is…” We’ve all heard that.

When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

Randy Pausch – The Last Lecture

What’s for breakfast?

john — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:34:17 +0000

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

- Ken Blanchard.