This type of listening is where you listen for enjoyment

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This type of listening implies that the listener is somehow biased to what they are hearing.

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We can be said to be engaged in this type of listening when our goal is to evaluate or scrutinize what is being said

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This type of listening involves understanding the message or messages that are being communicated.

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This type of listening encourages the other person to trust and like us

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This type of listening involves attempting to understand the feelings and emotions of the speaker – to put yourself into the speaker’s shoes and share their thoughts. Also known as Empathic Listening.

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This type of listening was first developed at a very early age – perhaps even before birth, in the womb. This is the most basic form of listening and does not involve the understanding of the meaning of words or phrases but merely the different sounds that are produced.

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This type of listening is akin to critical reading; both involve analysis of the information being received and alignment with what we already know or believe.

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This type of listening is less active than many of the other types of listening. When we’re listening to learn or to an instruction, we are taking in new information and facts.

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It’s vital that you not only act like you’re listening to the other person but that you also bring an authentic desire to listen to your conversations.

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Take any opportunity you can to add a comment that proves you have listened and remembered something from a past conversation.

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Another tool in your attentive listening skill set involves paying close attention to the way you’re standing or sitting.

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Although it’s off-putting if you stare at your interlocutor and refuse to blink until they’ve stopped speaking, it is important to hold their gaze at least most of the time.

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If you monitor your body language, you might realize you nod and smile a lot less often than you assume. This is the best way to show you agree and want to hear more, as it doesn’t require interrupting in any way.

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Paraphrasing and summarizing are both fantastic skills that help you to make sense of a speaker’s points and also allow you to demonstrate that you are listening closely.

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Show your desire to engage in a proper discussion and your interest in getting into the speaker’s mindset.

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While this can be obvious if taken to extremes, it is an excellent interpersonal skill that works at a subconscious level to convince your conversation partner that you are empathizing with them

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Finally Many people are just waiting to interject, change the subject to themselves or air their views, and this is obvious to others (even when the speaker thinks it isn’t).

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Try small mirroring tricks, such as crossing your legs in the same direction as the other person or folding your hands in the same way.

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What is a common roadblock for you when it comes to listening? How will you work on it?

Which type of listener are you? How were you able to say that? Talk about it. (Minimum of 8 sentences)