I thought the listening to support others was an important way in which the listener can adapt their listening skills. By adapting your listening skills you can become a more effective listener. I thought this was a really important section because I just recently got married and I think communication and listening is important for our relationship. Being mindful of what the other person is saying is important in terms of what they are feeling, thinking, needing and wanting. It is also important to understand their perspective. Using paraphrasing is an important method to convey the others’ meanings or needs back to them. It is also a way we can clarify what they are feeling. This is important in a relationship because you are able to understand how the person is feeling by using good listening skills. Once you understand the person you are able to communicate your support. This shows the other person that you really care and understand what they are saying.
hi there again, I really do agree with you on this one because listening does help when it comes to supporting others. Communication and listening is a very important concept to have in a relationship because with that strong connection nothing can break people apart unless something crazy happened but knock on wood. ahha. Not only with relationships also in person and life you just need to communicate and listen throughout your whole life to get things to turn out how you would like and for your future. Listening and communicating does let your feelings show and you don't want to bottle everything up and be an angry person. This skill will benefit everyone :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting married! There is an old Chinese saying: when you are young it is love, when you are older they keep you company. Meaning, right now, you show love and affection. You may have your fights because of differences, but when you are older, they will be someone you share memories and stuff with because you have been through so much together. Perhaps a big and grave reason why so many people are getting a divorce is because they do not spend enough time with their partner. When you first fell in love you showed so much love and affection, but as you've been together for a while, everything sort for dies down and slows. But, with communication and by listening to each other as to what you expect from your partner you can most defiantly keep a open mind when you suddenly learn they're no exactly who you imagined them to be after time. The main point here being, keep an open mind and reason listen to everything, even the subliminal messages to keep your relationship alive while your young so you have a chance to share memories when you grow old.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that listening to support others was something interesting that was discussed this week. Like I stated in my post, after this week’s discussed material I am able to adapt my listening skills and become a more effective listener. I completely agree with you on how you say that, “being mindful of what the other person is saying is important in terms of what they are feeling, thinking, needing and wanting.” Having an open mind and actually thinking about what the other person is feeling/thinking can definitely help be a better listener. If one just thinks about themselves, then they lose focus on the individual speaking and do not give them their full attention, which causes them to not understand what the person is actually saying.
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