Tips for effective listening
If your goal is to fully understand and connect with the other person, listening effectively will often come naturally. If it doesn’t, you can remember the following tips. The more you practice them, the more satisfying and rewarding your interactions with others will become.
1- Focus fully on the speaker, his or her body language, and other nonverbal cues.
2- Avoid interrupting or trying to redirect the conversation to your concerns, by saying something like
3- Avoid seeming judgmental. In order to communicate effectively with someone, you don’t have to like them or agree with their ideas, values, or opinions.
4- Show your interest in what’s being said