Questions are Easy. Listening is Hard

In a recent Psychology Today posting, Jonathan Fields, founder of the Good Life Project, speaker and author wrote the entry – Questions are Easy.  Listening is Hard.  In our opinion it is an excellent statement on the value of listening and the human connections that really listening can create.

Here is an excerpt:

When you listen deeply, the right questions come naturally. Hearts open. Stories tumble. Conversations soar. Magic happens.

The reason behind this is a bit sad. People are so rarely seen and heard these days—on a true-nature level—that when you give them the gift of sustained attention, it’s like removing a source of deep pain. The world outside ceases to exist.

We invite you to read the entire post.   It contains some wisdom that can benefit us all.

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