People come up with their own ideas and don't
listen to people in the communities they hope to help.
When you really
listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.
I am passionate about the belief that you can improve services only
by listening to people who use those services.
I have learned that you should
only listen to people who tell you that real estate investing is hard, because anyone that tells you it's easy is most likely selling you something.
Still, even the weaker stories eventually pull you in, if only because you spend so much
time listening to these people complain, you want to see how they work things out.
I felt that there was no substitute
for listening to people talk and seeing the landscape with a writer's eye and curiosity.
I've always felt my task as a pastor was to
listen to these people as carefully as I could and understand what they're saying.
We
also listen to our people: how they can best use their expertise and ideas to maximise relationships and create deeper, more relevant value.
I
NEVER listen to people that say don't go see a certain movie or play a certain game, because everybody has such different opinions.
On this particular day, her reaction struck a nerve, as I had reached my quota of
listening to people bully themselves into being positive.
I loved
listening to people yelling out what capture point the opposition team was after and where they were guarding those points from.