Feb
19
2009
by admin on February 19, 2009
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 that our concept of self and our sense of reality stays in check and there is a sixth mechanism that helps to facilitate their usage during communication. Let’s discuss these first and then we can get into the practical mechanisms we can use to [...]
Feb
17
2009
by admin on February 17, 2009
In revisiting part 1 of our series, effective listening is really about gathering information and the trick is in focusing your attention in a way to acquire the appropriate information. So what is the appropriate information? To help focus your mind let’s define “appropriate information” as whatever information will help advance your own interests in the communication. To think this way, you will need to: [amprotect=2, 3] First define what your interests are in a particular communication. Second determine what types of information can help you to advance in it. If you don’t do this your primitive, subconscious mind will [...]
Feb
17
2009
by admin on February 17, 2009
As we determined in the previous post, when we reduce “listening” down to its purest form, it is the process of gathering information. A communicator truly becomes an effective listener a communicator when they begin to: CONSCIOUSLY determine for what purpose the information is being gathered, AND CONSCIOUSLY determine what information specifically is to be gathered that can help to further that purpose. Before going any further though, I want to acknowledge and address the difference between EXTERNAL and INTERNAL listening. [amprotect=2, 3] Internal listening is the mental processes that someone uses while communicating to receive, process and internalize the [...]
Aug
17
2008
by admin on August 17, 2008
What is speech? What’s the big deal about being able to talk? Very rarely do we stop to think about how amazing the ability to speak to someone really is. Could you imagine a world where there were no language, no writing and no other form of communication outside of grunts and yelling and cooing at each other? Life as we know it would not exist… Our world would literally be exactly like that of our primate neighbors. There are some significant differences between “us” and “them” and we as a species have developed into the amazing creatures we are [...]
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