“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”

People who have not been listened to often find it hard to listen to themselves. They struggle to make sense of their inner world. When people are forced to muffle their feelings and thoughts, they are in danger of burying those inner perturbations so deeply that they can't dig them up again.

Inability to listen to yourself

Not knowing what to say when someone confides in you is a daunting feeling. However, we feel that way because we mistakenly think the person reaching out is asking for an explanation.It is more important just to be there, so the other person doesn't feel alone.

Not knowing what to say

Good listening doesn't follow a technique as much as being willing to enter into another person's life.
Listening through the screen of your own desires means that you are listening to your own voice and desires. It is the same as not listening at all. Listening demands wiping the slate of your mind clean.

Good listening

If you're hearing others through the filter of your own concerns, you're not really hearing them. By Mr. Marino is a philosophy professor and author. Ernest Hemingway put it bluntly: "Most people never listen." Given that meaningful relationships are crucial to human thriving, it is unfortunate that the ability to listen should be so underestimated, and so rare.

Not knowing what to say

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