"When I ask you to listen to me, and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked.When I ask you to listen to me, and you begin telling me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.When I ask you to listen to me, and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem. –From On Listening, by Ralph Broughton, M.D."
Do you agree with this? Do you typically offer advice or only listen? Explain. (I've always given advice, and didn't realize that was different from active listening. How do YOU "only" listen?)
2007-11-28
11:40:43
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Jen
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