listening effectively

Some barriers that prevent us from listening effectively are trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time. You are not interested. Not focusing on the conversation. Sympathizing rather than empathizing. To over come these barriers would be instead of trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time try to focus on one conversation first then focus on the second conversation after the first one is finished. And try to have conversations in a least distracting environment. With not being interested sometimes its hard to be into the conversation or topic at hand. Sometimes we do get bored. I think trying to possibly find something that can “catch” your interest within the topic at hand. There might be something said that grabs your attention. With some barriers that prevent us from listening effectively are trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time. You are not interested. Not focusing on the conversation. Sympathizing rather than empathizing. To over come these barriers would be instead of trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time try to focus on one conversation first then focus on the second conversation after the first one is finished. And try to have conversations in a least distracting environment. With not being interested sometimes its hard to be into the conversation or topic at hand. Sometimes we do get bored. I think trying to possibly find something that can “catch” your interest within the topic at hand. There might be something said that grabs your attention. With sympathizing which is different than empathizing. Since when you sympathize, thats feeling sorry for the other person and what they're going through. With empathize you have to place yourself into the other persons “shoes”. I think most people usually try to find someone who will place themselves in their position to better understand. At the same time I think you can feel sorry for the person and what they're going through but also have