Sentence examples for generous listening from inspiring English sources

We saw this idea in the recent report on diversity and inclusion at Harvard that urged us all to "speak bravely and listen generously". Generous listening can take as much courage as brave speaking, because listening to people with whom you strongly disagree or with whom you think you have nothing in common is hard.

Privately, he was witty and generous, listening to opera every morning as he shaved.

And build a culture of generous listening so that others may be emboldened to take risks, too.

Generous listening, avoiding assumptions, and patiently drawing out the other person's authentic self and genuine aspirations are hallmarks of reciprocal mentorships.

Redmond: Liz is very generous about listening to actors.

He was generous and present, listening with such quiet intensity to his fellow performers that filming always felt fresh and the results – I hope – vital.

Nurse practitioners can help in filling this void — and they are known to spend generous amounts of time listening and communicating with their patients.

This generous, lifelong commitment to listening was, perhaps, her most enduring "Sonic Meditation": approaching the world with ears wide open, with as much courage as one could muster, pausing when necessary, and listening deeply.

I've seen Olzmann read a few times in our hometown of Detroit, and he is the only poet I've ever heard earn big laughs -- real that was funny laughter, and not just the generous responses of friends listening to friends or acolytes listening to idols.

The students were more inclined to be generous with money after listening to the music they'd enjoyed specifically, tracks picked out by Fukui's research team that induced an overwhelmingly positive emotional and physical response that the team referred to as "the chills".

Slow reading feels to me like a more generous, collegiate form of reading – rather as listening is a more generous act than speaking, and more difficult.