Seek first to understand, then to be understood

This habit is about listening to others with empathy and understanding before trying to communicate your own point of view.

It's about putting yourself in someone else's shoes and trying to see things from their perspective. When you seek first to understand, you're more li...

Before we can offer advice, suggest solutions, or effectively interact with another person in any way, we must seek to deeply understand them and their perspective through empathic listening.

To listen empathically requires a fundamental paradigm shift. We typically seek first to be underst...

To understand someone you have to listen to them first - you need to see the problem from their perspective first.

Try Empathic Listening - You listen first, then try to understand and ask questions about the thinking process.

"The time to be understood...