Students might use the time to write an essay or to think about what listening means to them, he says.
Listening means listening to everyone.
Listening means putting down control.
In fact, real listening means changing your perspective and your view of the world.
Active listening means we are mentally noting the objections, agreements and compromises while we continue acknowledging the person speaking.
Actively listening means you are not only listening with your ears but you are listening to a person's body language, their reactions and what they are truly saying.
Active listening means giving your full attention to the other person.
Listening means truly absorbing what your spouse is saying - if you are mentally planning what you are going to say next then you are not listening.
Listening means absorbing what people say, remembering what people say, and understanding the problems of your friends, significant others, and coworkers.
However, listening means actively receiving and responding to what the other is saying nicely, not just trying to think of what you're going to say next to top that bit.
