The Power Of Listening

When we talk about communication, the top words associated to it are usually “talk” or “discuss”. However do you know, that in order for communication to be effective, you must first be good at listening? Communication works both ways and all the time, it needs a messenger and the listener.

A person’s ability to listen will determine whether or not he or she is a good communicator. Here is one of the biggest reason why listening works for you – it gives you a better understanding of what kind of responses and messages are needed from you. By actively listening, you can identify more than what’s uttered from someone’s mouth, you can also capture someone’s feeling from their tone.

For example, you handed in your project and your boss’s feedback is, “okay.” There are certain ways to interpret it. If he or she says it with a high-pitched tone, it would mean that your work is satisfactory where as if he or she says it in an angry tone you might want to do better next time. Try listening more instead of talking and see how it changes your personal and professional life.

Creator Academy is a premier provider of holistic and dynamic self-improvement courses and programmes where we innovate, elevate and create communication processes. One aspect we believe that can help kick start your journey to self-improvement is by being a more avid listener. See you!