- STOP
- Mouth closed
- Open your eyes, heart, and ears
- Empathize with what the speaker is telling you
- If needed, repeat back (paraphrase) what they have told you.
- Continue listening as needed.
reflection The most difficult habit to accomplish you say? I agree. To often we find ourselves busy, distracted, or uninterested in what someone is telling us and we tune them out or ignore them. Habit 5 advises one to listen with your mind as well as with your heart. Let’s follow the order of how to practice this habit. commitment I commit to trying a lot harder to truly listen to people, even people who might not be on my favorite list. I cannot commit to trying when someone has made me mad though. I plan to follow the order that I listed above, especially number 2. I will check in with my accountability partner once a week to see how I am doing. how will i teach it.... to my 5 year old I thought practicing habit 5 would be difficult for me. I hadn’t considered what I had committed to when I agreed to teach it to my 5 year old. I am not saying that he cannot learn it I just doubt myself to remain calm enough when he is not seeking to understand me when I am talking to him long enough to learn about habit 5. I think that I will begin with the end in mind, what do I want to accomplish? Do I want him to understand the habit or do I want him to practice it? I think it might be easier to get him to learn the habit and what it means. Wish me luck. I will need it with this one.
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Bill
2/25/2015 10:07:11 pm
Raquel,
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Raquel
2/25/2015 11:35:25 pm
Good point! Did you vote?
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2/28/2015 08:28:21 am
Raquel,
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