Currently, I practice going to meetings with an open mind and spending more
time listening to people's points of view without quick reactions.
But being persuasive means being convincing — which means sounding intelligent, since few people spend much
time listening to people they think are not intelligent.
Revd Paul Hackwood, executive chair of Church Urban Fund, said: «This exercise shows us how important it is for churches to spend
time listening to people in their communities.
«I do spend a lot of
time listening to people,» she said.
So we've spent a lot of
time listening to people to better understand their needs, building a team dedicated to data collection, analysis and insight.
Not exact matches
The researchers pointed out that the methodology isn't perfect because
people who remembered a
time when they were self - promoting probably thought they managed
to do it in a non-annoying way; while those who had
to recall a
time when they
listened to someone shamelessly bragging, probably remembered a particularly bad incident.
«It's the first
time people with an iPhone will be able
to pick up the phone normally, or just
listen to music, without any additional devices,» said Jan Janssen, senior vice president of research and development at Cochlear, in an interview.
As the man attempted
to lead her down an even darker block that she'd known
to be dangerous, she decided
to listen to her intuition this
time, calling out for help
to a nearby group of
people before sprinting away from him and getting home safe.
«It's the first
time people with an iPhone will be able
to pick up the phone normally, or just
listen to music, without any additional devices,» Cochlear senior vice president Jan Janssen told Reuters in an interview.
When we really focus and
listen to what coworkers, clients, and our bosses are telling us in real life, we have a better chance of executing correctly the first
time and encouraging all of these
people around us
to trust us.
People share a lot of information, and if you take the time to listen to what they are saying, you will be in the best possible position to have meaningful conversations with the right people, and offer «just the thing» they want or need at that m
People share a lot of information, and if you take the
time to listen to what they are saying, you will be in the best possible position
to have meaningful conversations with the right
people, and offer «just the thing» they want or need at that m
people, and offer «just the thing» they want or need at that moment.
The difference, for many, between giving up and persisting through the toughest
times can be getting advice from
people who have done it before — and being smart enough
to listen.
On the phone, you can answer any questions or
listen to any venting the
person may need
to do in real
time.
The guys in
Times Square are fantastic at
listening to what
people have
to say and using it
to get
to the next point and the next point until they can get
to their pitch.
People will drive significant distances
to come spend
time at our restaurants,
listen to music and enjoy their friends and family.
Most
people are very busy and didn't take the
time to listen to my pitch.
A key way leaders can inspire
people to produce ideas is
to take
time to actively
listen to them.
a haircare guru, I have noticed that
people take the
time to listen to what I have
to say when they know that Mark is involved with the company.
It made me think that many
people are so preoccupied these days that they have no
time, no space, no ability
to listen.»
Successful
people make their own luck by putting themselves out there,
listening to their instincts and taking decisive action, even if it seems risky or impulsive at the
time.
We're all drawn
to people who make us feel special, and being
listened to is the one behavior that will do it for us every
time.
Great communicators appreciate the
time people spend
listening to them and interacting with them.
Your best resource is having
people who are willing
to listen, not
time spent scribbling your cluttered ideas on a whiteboard.
Then I do 20 more, one
person at a
time, begging friends, colleagues, family, and anyone I can get
to listen and critique me.
''... we've spent a lot of
time listening to what
people using Google + had
to say.
Coleman suggests that every
time you give a speech, recognize that you have three audiences: the
people sitting in the chairs
listening to your message, the event coordinator who booked you
to speak, and the
people sponsoring the event.
Diplomats and business
people have a reputation for being pushy, but the best take
time to listen.
You're onto the next thing immediately, you're getting feedback from the
people you write for all the
time, and that makes you better and it makes you understand what they want
to read about or
listen to or watch.
«This is a
time for Brussels
to listen to the British
people and do what we are all doing, and that is cutting our cloth,» Conservative lawmaker Mark Pritchard, one of the revolt's leaders, told Sky News.
Listen to Amazon founder, new richest
person on Earth, and currently a billionaire 130.5
times over Jeff Bezos.
Or that
time when Google's home assistant gadget actually did turn out
to be
listening to random conversations even when
people didn't wake it up?
The speed at which we think compared
to that at which
people talk allows plenty of
time to accomplish these four mental tasks when we
listen; however, they do require practice before they can become part of the mental agility that makes for good
listening.
If you've
listened to Clark for any length of
time, you know he's obsessed with
people living below their means...
People need to be aware of this point and NOT listen to me or other people when it comes time to invest their own
People need
to be aware of this point and NOT
listen to me or other
people when it comes time to invest their own
people when it comes
time to invest their own money.
But don't take our word for it;
listen to real
people who tried our site builder for the very first
time and shared their honest feedback about the experience.
Where as my
time in the startup community taught me
to find my niche, find the
people who suffer from that pain,
listen to what potential customers are saying rather then convince the customer my way is right, find the
people who want
to join my cause, «volunteer management», how
to deal with failure both emotional and rationally how
to listen to «advice» and seperate the wheat from the chaff quicker (e.g. become more coachable) and be more willing
to re-invent the plan.
But it's
time to listen to people who get riled up about tax increases.
Along with doing some research and asking
people I trust, I also use this
time to clear my mind and
listen to my instincts.
And what I think we're seeing now in the first part of this year with the market correction with the experience is a new and rejuvenated community that understands the reason for regulation: not
to put handcuffs on
people, but ultimately
to say,
listen, this is best for the community, this is best for the global economy moving forward, and it is
time we take noticed
to move responsibly forward.
«We have
people come
to us all the
time, and we
listen to them and talk
to them.»
If more
people would honor and
listen to God, the potential for reducing the
time between prayer and answer could be reduced.
But you are right in a back handed way, I am not going
to waste my
time on Sunday mornings
listening to people claim
to know «which god» for which they have no evidence for their claim.
However, when
people are willing
to communicate and
to listen to each other, this scenario can be avoided most of the
time.
Listen, I KNOW your whole thing is about drawing
people in with inflammatory pieces then encouraging comments for EVERY article so we'll waste our
time on your site (like I'm about
to do no more) but TRY, just try
to remember that you were credible once.
These
people offer themselves
to sit next
to,
listen, and hold strangers hands as they face perhaps the most difficult
time in their lives.
In the
time of Christ there was not a Jew or
person alive that would
listen to a man that was 32 years old and never married, he would have been avoided like the plague.
«Maybe it's
time to not elect the smartest man in the room, but
to elect someone smart who will
listen to all the other smart
people in the room, and not just in the room but in the church - someone who brings
people together, who builds a team,» Reese said.
But at the same
time, I see Paul and John and Peter in their letters telling the churches
to not
listen to certain
people because they teach incorrect doctrine, and even sometimes having them remove
people from the fellowship.
So next
time we hear one of our favourite Christian teachers is saying something we personally disagree with, it might be worth pausing before we morph into keyboard warriors, determined
to announce THE TRUTH
to whoever will
listen (note: writing in all caps isn't a great start if you want
people to listen to you).
David, (thanks for
listening and for your encouragement) another
person, Michael Kwak, The Godless Monster (my favourite atheist - could see myself sitting down with a cup of coffee and chatting merrily away for hours with you) I wish
to thank you for taking the
time to sort out my questions.