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Listening. Allen Turley. 1. Introduction. A skill or a value? ____________ : The core value that listening is built on. Compassion. 5 th Habit Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood . Who do we need to be listening to?. What Good Listening Accomplishes.
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Listening Allen Turley Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
1. Introduction A skill or a value? ____________: The core value that listening is built on Compassion Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
5th Habit Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
Who do we need to be listening to? Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
What Good Listening Accomplishes • Gather complete and accurate ____________ to improve your _______________ of a problem and make possible more suitable _________. • Demonstrate genuine ________. • It shows that you do not have all of the answers. • It tells the other person that you _____ his or her thoughts and opinions. • Demonstrates genuine love and concern. information understanding solutions humility value Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
What Good Listening Accomplishes accept • Indicates that you _______ him or her as a person and have not automatically or lightly dismissed the concerns expressed. • Allows dialogue to continue even when there is ____________. • Avoid saying the wrong thing. Proverbs 18:13 • Dissipates strong feelings • Increase others confidence in you • Opens people to be willing to listen to you when the time comes. • Builds a foundation that will help steer clear (avoid) of ________ or easily resolve it if it does occur. disagreement conflict Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
2. Skills 2. Skills • Waiting • Attending • Clarifying • Reflecting • Agreeing Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
3. Roadblocks to Listening Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
4. Mitigating • Mitigate: • to lessen in force or intensity, grief, harshness, or • pain; moderate. • to make less severe • to make milder or more gentle; mollify; appease. • Mitigated _______: • an attempt to downplay or soften the meaning of what is being said. Speech Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
Levels of Mitigation • Command • Obligation • Suggestion • Query • Preference • Hint Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
How to avoid a catastrophe! • Listen for __________ ________ • Better yet, if you become a person who is a _____________ ______ listener people will not have to mitigate. mitigated speech companionate active Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
5. Reverse Mentoring Learning from those _________ than you. younger • Exhibits _________ • Earn _____ • Maintain _________ humility trust relevance listening Reverse Mentoring is ________ Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
6. Listen to the Father! Be still and know that I am God! Course T309.01 iteenchallenge.org
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