Listening a 10 Part Skill

1.     Find area of interest: rather than declaring a topic boring, think about it how worth while it could be for me in life t create interest in the topic.

2.      Judge content not delivery: Think about the what a person is offering rather than thinking bad about his personality. He may be good in subject matter so do not go on his flaws in personality.

3.     Hold your fire: Do not get excited to react on a particular part of the speaker, wait, absorb the speech and then react. Probably if you take time to think and understand the speech you might not find anything adverse in the speech.

4.     Listen for ideas: Inattentiveness can miss out on interesting ideas.

5.     Be flexible: Good listeners are flexible and adaptable note takers.

6.     Work at listening: Show the speaker you are listening by making eye contact, nodding.

7.     Resist distractions: Good listeners adapt themselves to the environment of speaker without wasting any time.

8.     Exercise your mind: Good listeners challenge their mental capacity by nurturing their brain with variety of subjects and topics

9.     Keep your mind open: Good listeners try to rationalize the material, which can be emotionally daunting.

10. Capitalize on thought speed: Do not waiver into your own thoughts, but try and stay with the speaker to understand the content completely.