Listening Is Not Silent Waiting

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Good listening is not silent waiting explain that and and maybe give us some idea of how we might actually remember that. You write something I believe deeply and so hard before I gave my advice about conversation meaning don't try to maximize the value from it or don't have an agenda about you're going to get out of it. Listening is showing people they matter. That's that's the criteria we each have. Have I been heard. Do I feel like I mattered in that? Do I feel demeaned neglected ignored?" "I think when we lose sight of that, we just lose sight of ourselves"

In our highly polarized times, everyone seems obsessed with the truth: what is it, who has it, and which side's got it all wrong. What we don't seem to care about, says journalist Monica Guzman, is the truth behind perspectives other than our own. Listen as Guzman and host Russ Roberts discuss Guzman's book I Never Thought of It That Way, a call to get interested in the people behind the positions, and the experiences, hopes, and fears that lead to their beliefs. Guzman and Roberts also discuss the role of great questions in sparking meaningful conversations, and how we can not only get along with, but even learn from, those with whom we ardently disagree.