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How Can I Be a Better Listener (When I feel SO IMPATIENT)?

by | Oct 10, 2024 | Asking For a Friend Featured, By Karin Hurt |

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Be a Better Listener: “Time is the enemy of empathy.” -Michael Reddington

Hi Karin, I want to be a better listener.  I do. But, I’m not sure it’s in my nature.  I get so impatient. It’s not that I don’t care. But, I’m busy. What advice can you give me to be a better listener when I feel impatient?  #AskingforaFriend

I love this candid and insightful question. And I can’t think of a better friend to ask than Michael Reddington, author of the Disciplined Listening Method. 

Practical Tips For Empathetic Listening (Even When You’re Feeling Impatient)

1. Take a deep breath
2. Consciously recognize that you’re the one creating your stress.
3. Focus on what you can try to achieve in the outcome.

But most importantly watch this…

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Highlights from the Conversation

Don’t miss the important story at (countdown) 5:18.

(3:26) “If I’m having a conversation with you, I have to care to some degree about the OUTCOME we can achieve or the RELATIONSHIP that we have. If something is important about the outcome or the relationship, now I can stay focused. And because now I am focused on the outcome, I can stay focused to uncover hidden value. I can give myself a purpose to be in this conversation.” 

(3:03) “Instead of just checking the box… 

What’s the emotional connotation of the word choice?

Pay attention to what not saying.

What’s a new alternative that might be present?

How can I surprise myself here?”

Your turn.

How do you be a better listener (even when you’re feeling impatient)?

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Karin Hurt

Karin Hurt helps human-centered leaders find clarity in uncertainty, drive innovation, and achieve breakthrough results.  She’s the founder and CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders, an international leadership development and training firm known for practical tools and leadership development programs that stick. She’s the award-winning author of four books including Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates and Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict, and a hosts the popular Asking For a Friend Vlog on LinkedIn. A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers. Karin and her husband and business partner, David Dye, are committed to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells – building clean water wells for the people of Cambodia.

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