7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens
Habit 5: Seek first to understand and then to be understood
Because most people don’t listen very well, one of the great
frustrations in life is that many don’t feel understood. This habit will ensure
your teen learned the most important communication skill is; active listening.
Why is this habit the key to communication? It’s because the
deepest need of the human heart is to be understood. Everyone wants to be respected and valued for who they
are—a unique, one of a kind, never to be cloned individuals. People won’t expose
their soft middles unless they feel genuine love and understanding. Once they
feel it, however, they will tell you more than you want to hear. People don’t
care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Listen with your eyes, heart, and ears. 7 percent of
communication is contained in the words we use. The rest comes from body
language (53 percent) and how we say words, or the tone and feeling reflected
in our vote (40 percent).
Most people are
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