Dq 8 Listening Skills
DQ #8
After taking the survey on listening, I learned that I have a number of factors that make me a good listener, however, there are a couple areas that I could improve upon. My survey was composed of a few 5’s, mainly, 4’s, a 3 and a 2. With the areas that I rated myself a 5 in came from listening skills that I have actively tried to improve over the years. I learned from the survey that I could give more advice and learn to enjoy silence. This is going to take effort for me because I only really give advice if I am specifically asked to by the person in the conversation because unless asked I usually feel uncomfortable providing advice. Another area I will have to improve on is enjoying silence more, this will probably the most difficult …show more content…
The setting was at a restaurant while we were waiting to be seated. I moved closer to my friend so that I could focus more on what they were saying instead of being distracted by other conversations or the TV’s around the bar. Before I replied, I waited during the conversation until I was absolutely sure the message was complete. Once I began to reply I made sure to ask clarifying questions and tries to probe for more information. At certain points when I thought the information began shared was especially important I tried to repeat what was said to make sure I was understanding the message correctly. As the conversation began it was strange at first to really try to change how I would hold a normal conversation with a friend, even though I do some of these active listening aspects normally it was different to try and think about doing specific ones before the conversation began. However, I did notice that because I was actively listening to the conversation I remembered more of what was being said that when we sat down to eat, the conversation could continue further and the discussion was more in depth instead of jumping from topic to
After taking the survey on listening, I learned that I have a number of factors that make me a good listener, however, there are a couple areas that I could improve upon. My survey was composed of a few 5’s, mainly, 4’s, a 3 and a 2. With the areas that I rated myself a 5 in came from listening skills that I have actively tried to improve over the years. I learned from the survey that I could give more advice and learn to enjoy silence. This is going to take effort for me because I only really give advice if I am specifically asked to by the person in the conversation because unless asked I usually feel uncomfortable providing advice. Another area I will have to improve on is enjoying silence more, this will probably the most difficult …show more content…
The setting was at a restaurant while we were waiting to be seated. I moved closer to my friend so that I could focus more on what they were saying instead of being distracted by other conversations or the TV’s around the bar. Before I replied, I waited during the conversation until I was absolutely sure the message was complete. Once I began to reply I made sure to ask clarifying questions and tries to probe for more information. At certain points when I thought the information began shared was especially important I tried to repeat what was said to make sure I was understanding the message correctly. As the conversation began it was strange at first to really try to change how I would hold a normal conversation with a friend, even though I do some of these active listening aspects normally it was different to try and think about doing specific ones before the conversation began. However, I did notice that because I was actively listening to the conversation I remembered more of what was being said that when we sat down to eat, the conversation could continue further and the discussion was more in depth instead of jumping from topic to