TIF #1 Sample Notes: "5 Ways to Listen Better"

Topics is Focus -integrated Example Notes from “5 Ways to Listen Better” We are losing our listening 60% communication is listening 25% is retained Listening is making meaning from sounds We extract these meanings by, Pattern recognition – noise from signals Differcing -between sounds Filters Culture Language Values Beliefs Attitudes Expectations Intentions Create reality Sounds places us in space and time Listening is main way to experience flow of life Reasons for losing our listening 1. Invented ways of recording Premium on listening has disappeared 2. World is so noisy Hard to listen 3. Art of conversation is replaced by personal broadcasting 4. Desensitized Harder for us to pay attention Listening is our access to understanding Conscience listening creates understanding A world that does not listen is a scary place 5 Ways to improve listening 1. Silence -recalibrate 2. Mixer – channels of sounds can hear 3. Savoir -enjoy mundane sounds 4. Listening position active | passive reduction | expensive critical | empathetic 5. RASA Receive /Appreciate /Summarize /Ask