Someone they trusted had their best interest at heart, so they were willing to listen, open their mind and take a risk.
It demands patience, compassion, sustained concentration, and a willingness to set aside ego, but committing to this level of listening opens the floodgates for powerful communication.
Talking to the 68-year-old today, it's hard not to listen open-mouthed at his refusal to be cowed by anything life throws at him.
Her communication with Jamal was simply a stream of filth, to which her non-English-speaking xiaojies and maids would listen open-mouthed, amazed at her fluency in the language.
The Lesson: Listen, open kitchens are one thing, but the majority of your gourmet meals out on the town are prepared by incredibly talented kitchen staff -- incredibly talented, sweaty, tattooed, foul-mouthed cooks of questionable backgrounds.
Things that draw people closer to you include hugs, open arms, leaning forward to listen, open hands, uncrossed arms, facing your heart toward the other person's heart.
We sit there listening, open-mouthed.
Sociability shows that a leader is listening, open to engaging in two-way dialogue with stakeholders, and comfortable with change.
Trying to explain away the repeated classroom presentations (for which, remember, Kieltyka and Juanita were paid), McCloskey and Conway claimed to Northwestern that "Professor Bailey enticed the women into his classrooms under the pretense of listening open-mindedly to their views" (McCloskey & Conway, 2003).
The relations between the noise level and the extent of annoyance or various kinds of behaviour (telephone conversation, TV-listening, opening of windows, sleep, etc).
