Importance Of Listening To Yourself

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Listening to yourself is basically the important aspect in life. Negative listening like, “I never do anything right”, or “I think too slowly to keep up” may affect our self-awareness in life.

Listening is where one’s ability to understand and respond effectively in order to create an oral communication. Based on Mark Twain and he quoted, “If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.” In this case, listening is defined as extracting information from anyone who speaks, other people or most probably ourselves while we remain nonjudgmental or emphatic. Listening also acknowledges the person who talks in a way that invites the communication to continue.

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Also, this thought process of this cycle had a positive effect on her performance in which had gotten her to get her work done on time. For example, one of the engineers asked her to complete a task that she cannot complete on time if she is to finalize her task. Through her internal process, she was able to hear a voice in her head stating that it is important to say no in order not to overcommitting herself and explain when she can realistically finish her job. In this case, her behavior affects her by saying to herself and I quote,” I am working on a high-priority project now” and “I am not able to get both time and your project completed in the time you want”. And because of her behavior, she felt confidence in her inner self, improved her self-esteem, release of tension and also sense of power. As you can see, listening to yourself is an important element of the listening process that people tend to neglect. Furthermore, a person such as Margie does not realize the power they have over their own behavior. Such as this cycle may help us to be in control of ourselves more often in the situation in which was formerly resulted in being under Going Nowhere cycle. Between these two cycles, Going Nowhere cycle leads us to self-defeating behavior. We tend to continue to be stuck in our behaviors in which have resulted in failure, negative feelings, and also our not-working life. In addition, Going Somewhere cycle helps us to be a successful person and tends to have a sense of self-worth as well as self-confidence. This cycle also helps us to know that we are in charge of what we do and who we really

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