Listening, on the other hand, is to attach meaning to the aural symbols perceived.” (Purdy, 1996) Hearing is our physiological capacity to receive and process sounds. “Hearing is a physical act and listening a mental act. So what does this need to be heard imply? We impart knowledge when we speak we learn when we listen. ![]() Listening is also our primary means of growth and intellectual development. Rather than obsessing about being heard, wouldn’t such meetings be better if people were more willing to listen and learn how to do that better? After all, we do spend 42% of our waking time listening, 32% talking, 15% reading and 11% writing (Rankin, 1929). So why are people so much more focused on speaking than listening? And what does this result in both at home and in the workplace? ![]() ![]() The video on speaking has (at the time of writing) had five times more views (52,455,615) than the one on listening (10,978,744). Julian Treasure, a world-renowned expert on sound and communication, has given several TED talks, one of these on speaking and one on listening. Everyone has heard the term at school, probably from quite a strict primary school teacher, “You have two ears and one mouth, you should listen twice as much as you speak.” As cliché as it is, how often have you been in a meeting where the only way you get to speak is to talk over someone else, otherwise you spend the whole session just trying to say ‘your thing’ before the conversation moves on? To overcome this, people seek out methods to be heard, predominantly learning how to speak better so people will listen to them such as working on presentation skills, trying to be more influential or reciting speeches over and over in front of the mirror.
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