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Jul 30, 2025 Julian Treasure, a renowned sound expert and TED speaker, unveils the surprising ways sound influences our health and relationships. He explains how conscious listening can enhance our focus and emotional well-being. Treasure emphasizes the vital difference between hearing and listening, urging us to reconnect with natural sounds for better communication. He also highlights the transformative power of silence, advocating for its inclusion in our daily routines to foster personal reflection and awareness.
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Four Powerful Ways Sound Affects Us
- Sound affects us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally every day.
- These impacts operate largely below our conscious awareness, subtly shaping our mood, health, and decisions.
Music Influences Wine Purchases
- In a supermarket, playing French music led to French wines outselling German wines by five to one.
- On days with German music, the German wines outsold French wines two to one, illustrating sound's unconscious influence on behavior.
Listening Is a Skill, Not Just Hearing
- Hearing is the passive capacity to detect sound; listening is the active skill of making meaning from sound.
- Mastering listening provides huge advantages in learning, leadership, sales, and relationships.
