Wheatley emphasises listening by making the point that people need to listen to what ideas are different when conversing with others. By listening to what is different, not only will new ideas but uniqueness not presented before will be exposed. And that uniqueness will surprise the listener. Wheatley also emphasises that as humans we can be reluctant when listening to different ideas. However, even though humans may be comfortable with the same or familiar, the different can cause new thoughts. Most people do not want to listen to the new thoughts because they will feel uncomfortable. The fact is, yes new thoughts may cause a feeling of uncomfortableness, however, people need to embrace that feeling rather than run from it. Finally, by refusing
Empathic listening “means entering the private perceptual world of another and becoming thoroughly at home in it. It involves being sensitive, moment-by-moment, to the changing felt meanings which flow in this person, to the fear or rage or tenderness or confusion or whatever that he or she is experiencing. It means temporarily living in the other’s life, moving about in it delicately without making judgements” (Rogers 1980 A Way of Being).
Margaret Heffernan’s Dare to Disagree speech has given me a new way of thinking. However, I am not exactly sure I would dare to work with someone who was attempting to disprove my work. The author saw what Alice and George did as “thinking” and tells us in order for to engage in this type of thinking, we must find people who are very different from ourselves. And then we have to find ways to engage with them. WOW! What a concept.
Jonathan Yardley was a book critic for the Washington Post and a Pulitzer Prize winner for Criticism. In an occasional series from The Post, Yardley critics one of the most notable novels from the past: The Catcher in the Rye. His objective is to persuade his readers that The Catcher in the Rye is neither a well written book --as many claim it is-- nor a book that is deserving enough to be labeled an “American classic.” Yardley uses a sardonic, yet criticizing tone along with rhetorical devices such as antithesis, hypophora, understatements, and epithets to support his thesis and help the reader perceive the book from his position.
James Petersen (2007) uses five parts to describe the talking and listening to help us process a better way of communicating and understanding each other. They are provided to help us connect in our relationships with others. According to Petersen, most of us think we listen well, but we don’t. Not
Beast of the field, they were called. Animals unable to carry out critical though process as that of the white man. They are likening to oxen, meant to slave in the sun and sever their masters. Things that human beings would possess, they neither have nor can be taught to acquire. Sheeple in need of a master with nothing more but feet to walk and a mouth to eat. Recognizing their tendency to gather and sing, these are not behaviors of European people. Wildings they are, wildly they think, wildly they act, and wildly they continue to be.
In regards to responding to others, Beebe & Mottet (2016) suggest that if a person is serious about listening, they need to be serious about turning off messages that may compete for attention and selection, which are typically the first two stages of the listening process. Furthermore, when an individual commits to listening, they should be become other-oriented instead of self-centered, as listening is about the other person (Beebe & Mottet,
Anne Bradstreet once wrote, “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” This quote summarizes much of what her and fellow female writer Phillis Wheatley’s lives were like during their fights for social change. Throughout their lives, these women were forced to live through challenges and injustices on levels that are unimaginable to many of members of today’s society. With the Bradstreet and Wheatley did much to counter these challenges, even directly addressing the masses in their writings as forms of protests. This is precisely the element of which both unites and distinguishes the two women on a very grand scale. In Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being
It is a worldwide known concept that communication among different people is a necessity of one's life if it is to be a happy one. Human companionship is something everyone will do anything for. Yet, some people have difficulties in communicating with others especially when they see problems among the people they try to communicate with. In this novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," the author, J.D. Salinger, illustrates the protagonist's difficulty in communicating with other people, especially with the women he encounters throughout the novel. The reader can see Holden Caulfield's failed attempts to communicate with people. In the conversations Holden has with people, he usually makes up lies
The fourth interpersonal communication that was used throughout the movie is listening. There is a contrast between simply tuning in and hearing what others are stating. “Listening is making sense of others spoken messages.” (Adler & Rodman, 2015) In any case, listening isn't generally
Listening is a very complicated skill that many people do not posses. It requires individuals to reflect and to admit to their flaws. In order to communicate effectively it is important to know when to talk and listen. Peterson’s book is an excellent tool to enhance all types of relationships.
Listening is ‘Not an attempt to understand something that is being said’ but ‘Just an attention to the activity of sounds’
The ability to listen well is an important tool for understanding others. Sadly, very few people know how to listen well. In fact, most people can think of only one or two good listeners in their lives. Listening is not simply agreeing - it is much more. Good listeners are able to better understand and respond to others, complete assignments accurately, settle disagreements before they escalate, and establish rapport with difficult people.
Remaining silent is an essential component of communication based on listening skill. This skill encourage people to participate, giving attention to listen to other people when they talking without interruption (Hybels & Weave 2008). More over, as people they make an ethical agreement to listen to the other, they focused their attention on them without acknowledging competing thoughts (Gamble & Gamble 2013). It is widely recognized that, listening can be defined as paying attention to other people when they talk. In addition, as human beings
A vital aspect of interpersonal communication is the style in which one listens. While every individual possesses their own preferred method of listening in communication, it can be enlightening to analyze our own strengths and weaknesses so as to maximize effectual communication. Within the confines of four main listening style categories, I have chosen those which best describe my own personal listening style.
In this class, I’m learning quite a bit about listening. I’m learning how to listen and communicate better with people, especially when the things I’m listening to and talking about are more on the sensitive side of topics. I’ve always been a very closed off person, even from friends and family. I️ would have a hard time expressing my thoughts and emotions verbally and would get upset with people when they would try to pry. Friends and family would get angry with me when I️ wouldn’t talk or wouldn’t listen to them when all they were really doing was trying to help me. Very frequently when out in public it’s easy to observe this same kind of people or behavior. There are many more people out in the world with poor listening and communicating skills than you may think. For instance, those who get flustered when discussing certain topics whether it’s at the store or a coffee shop. If you like people watching, then you know what I’m talking about.