Sentence examples for listen twice from inspiring English sources

Epictetus, the Greek philosopher, once said, "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak". Being an active listener can help you truly understand your team.

"I had to listen twice before I believed it," one farmer told me.

Two ears and one mouth – listen twice as much as you speak.

Probably so that we have to listen twice as much as we speak.

Listen twice as hard for feelings and concerns, and speak to acknowledge what the other person shared.

Now it's about appreciating that you have two ears and one mouth: You should listen twice as much as you talk.

After listening twice, he watched it.

Nonetheless, she gives equal emphasis to giving as to receiving - she suggested listening twice as much as speaking to make others feel valued.

The last couple of hours to the Latvian border were jollied along by listening (twice) to a CD of nursery rhymes.

I listened twice through, I wrote them down like a good girl, but with the usual hopeless feeling - ancient woman stumped by new technology.

I lay on the floor at home and listened twice to a compilation of Formby's greatest hits while reading David Bret's thoughtful book about the life and unhappiness of an entertainer who would surely never make it anywhere near the top now.