7 Habits of Highly
Successful Teens
Habit 5
5. seek first to understand, and then to be understood because most people don’t listen very well,
one of the great frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit
will ensure your teen learn the most important communication skill there is: active
listening.
Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because
the deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wasn’t to be
respected and valued for who they are—a unique, one-of-a-kind,
never-to-be-cloned individual. People won’t expose their soft middles unless
they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they feel it, however, they will
tell you more that you many want to hear. People don’t care how much you know
until they know much you care. Listen with your eyes, heart ,and ears. 7 percent
of communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body
language(53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected in
our voice(40 percent).
Most people are eager to talk and had rather talk than
listen. We have one mouth and two ears. This means we should listen twice as
much as we talk. We actually learn to listen and listen to learn.
Listen, really listen, for understanding.
Seek first to understanding then to be understood—LISTEN.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
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