What's the number one complaint of wives against their husbands? "You never listen to me," say attendees at my workshops. Married men... go home tonight and look your wife directly in the eye and say, "Honey, I'm going to listen to you for the next 15 minutes!" (Have a few nitroglycerin pills handy!!)
But it's not just husbands! The #1 complaint of kids about their parents, "You don't listen to me." The #1 gripe of employees against managers, "You don't listen to me."
Someone said this is why we have two ears and one mouth -- to listen twice as much as we speak.
I have a confession to make...I'm not very good at this myself. You would think after almost 30 years of teaching communication workshops, I would have mastered this skill and yet I many times have to apologize to my own kids and wife.
Why is this so difficult for many of us?
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