Summary Of Why Don T We Listen Better

What Mr. Petersen talks about in his book Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating in Relationships, is the what communication really is and how we respond to different types of ways that we communicate with each other. As well as, how we respond to different types of communication styles in people. He also gives in great detail on how we respond to those who have different communication styles. For instance, if we are talking to a certain person who constantly talks we will tone them out and when we get to the point of talking to them they will interrupt us and continue to talk. We will be able to help them by using our talking time with them by sitting certain way, having responding to them with nodes, and even saying words like hmm. Furthermore, to help them understand that there isn’t a conversation unless it is two-way conversation.
Petersen talks about that there are different ways that we are able to improve our listening skills. He tells us that we are not as great listener as we think that we are and we all tend to have a flat-brain. This is where Mr. Petersen talks about how we are active in the beginning of the conversation and towards a certain point in the conversation we lose interest and stop listening to what they are talking about and turn our attention to something else. He talks about the way that we sit when listening to others, and having open and un-bias conclusion of others. We should not lose interest in others because of the way that we perceive them as the conversation starts. We should also see what we can gain and learn from them without cutting them off or by changing the subject because we have little knowledge of what they are talking