Developing Effective Listening Skills

Being an effective listener

Active Listening takes energy, Casual listening is for radio.

Good Habits

1) Make regular eye contact

2) Pay close attention and do not let my mind wander

3) I stick to the subject

4) I ask questions for clarification. (if i think that it's obviously not right, ask qn!!)

5) I restate or paraphrase to show that i understand.

Bad Habits

1) I interrupt often

2) I jumped to conclusions

3) I finished others' sentences

4) I think about my replies when others are speaking

5) I change the subjects without warning.

Thought speed is 4-5x of speaking speed.

Suggestions

1) Set a purpose for listening.

2) Find a common interest

3) Hear the speaker out (dun use ur past experience and jump to conclusions! Dun stop listening!)

4) Be alert for verbal and non-verbal cues

Listening means you are getting something out of the listening.

Behavior that u are not listening

1) Rehearsing

2) Judging

these few days of reflections led me to these conclusions:

1) i used to think sunglasses are just for fashion, it is actually quite an essential for pple who kenna sore eyes actually ha!

2) sore eyes are VERY contagious!

3) it's impt to have fun working on your future, not just working hard on working hard

4) there is a reason for 5 nights a week, nt 7 nights a week. Well, i will dedicate only 6 nights a week then.

"Belief takes 2 forms, depends on what you choose. Faith and fear both have the same definition. Faith is belief in something that you cannot see. Fear is the same thing. Faith attracts positive, fear attracts negative. Total sum of your life is which one you believe in."

Wayne & Suzanne Callender

"Never, never, never, never give up"

- Winston Churchill

A very meaningful song dedicated to all the dreamers in the world. :)

Hold On Tight - Electric Light Orchestra

Hold on tight to your dream

Hold on tight to your dream

When you see your ship go sailing

When you feel your heart is breaking

Hold on tight to your dream.

It's a long time to be gone

Time just rolls on and on

When you need a shoulder to cry on

When you get so sick of trying

Just hold tight to your dream

CHORUS:

When you get so down that you can't get up

And you want so much but you're all out of luck

When you're so downhearted and misunderstood

Just over and over and over you could

Accroches-toi à ton rêve

Accroches-toi à ton rêve

Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

Quand tu sens ton coeur se briser

Accroches-toi à ton rêve.

REPEAT CHORUS:

Hold on tight to your dream

Hold on tight to your dream

When you see the shadows falling

When you hear that cold wind calling

Hold on tight to your dream.

Oh, yeah

Hold on tight to your dream

Yeah, hold on tight...

To your dream.

Today I learnt to live in the moment. :)

Discipline is always remembering your dreams.

Commitment is not an emotion, commitment is a character quality that allows you to achieve your goals. Commitment is not up and down, commitment is rock solid.

-Various millionaires