Mindful Listening

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>The key behind communication - it's not about what you say. It's how you shut up.</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Empathy and listening - they sound easy but you know that most people you meet on a daily basis can't do it. So what's the deal?</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Mindful listening is the skill behind deep relationships.</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This book is about a skill that isn't complex but also not easy. It's a book about relationships and what drives them - what lets you into people's hearts. Making someone feel seen and heard and important is the highway to anyone's heart. So it's time to take a look at yourself diagnose your issues with connection and listening and attack new and old friendships with a more empathetic perspective.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Increase your emotional intelligence and people analyzing skills.</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws a variety of sources from scientific research academic experience coaching and real-life experience.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Listening well is like reading someone's mind. Everything is said for a reason!</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-Understand the purpose of pausing and using silences to your advantage</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-How your ego sabotages your listening and how to get around it</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-Four types of responses to let people feel seen and heard for sure</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-How to validate and normalize someone's experience and emotions</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-The art of paraphrasing and the effect it has on someone's levels of trust</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-Listening and thinking - you can't do two things at once but you can act like it</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-The divide between listening for your own goals and listening to understand</span></p><p><br></p>