David J. Parnell’s Professional Listening Series | Part 2 of 4 | Bad Habits

As we determined in the previous post, when we reduce “listening” down to its purest form, it is the process of gathering information. When a communicator begins to CONSCIOUSLY determine for what purpose the information is being gathered AND what information specifically is being gathered is where they truly become an effective listener.
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David J. Parnell’s Professional Series on Sensory Acuity | Part 3 of 3.

If you are going to effectively communicate with someone it is imperative that you ensure that they are both hearing and understanding what it is that you are say. This is difficult to know for two reasons:

We have developed incredibly powerful subconscious and automatic social [...]

David J. Parnell’s Professional Series on Sensory Acuity | Part 2 of 3.

Due to the harsh realities of the world and the undeniable necessity to have a mentally stable “human” in order to pass genes on from generation to generation, the evolution of a mind that can ward off negative emotion is one of the end results…

There are five major factors that are working constantly to assure [...]