Sunday, August 3, 2008

Listening

In one of our meetings, all but one person did not understand what the major problem is, let alone how we try to resolve it.

The thing is: He WASN'T LISTENING!!!

Perhaps, I should get him a coffee in the old Starbucks cup with this quote printed on it:


The Way I See It #280

You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from talking. Find someone with whom you don't agree in the slightest and ask them to explain themselves at length. Then take a seat, shut your mouth, and don't argue back. It's physically impossible to listen with your mouth open.

--John Moe
Radio host and author of Conservatize Me.

3 comments:

Eric said...

I have read this quote and I have to say that I could not agree further.

willy said...

ahhh...i hate those ppl too..so defensive with their own opinions...nothing else goes in their brain

Siew Gee said...

Well...if that person is smart...I don't mind if he doesn't pay attention to what we said...but he is not smart and even worse slow...but still wanna be arrogant...x tahan...