Notes on Listening

The following are some notes I've captured regarding listening, from various sources:

Good listeners quickly decide if a speaker has anything that can be of use.

Good listeners are sifters, screeners, separating the wheat from the chaff, hunting for the practical, and processing inflow for tasks or reference material.

Withhold evaluation until comprehension is complete.

Understand a POV before rejecting or accepting it.

Listen only for facts? NO!

Use ideas not just facts. Connecting threads from senses and system to whole.

Facts have little meaning out of context.

Conversations, avg 125 wpm. Speakers are about 100 wpm. Thinking is @ 400-500 wpm.

Anticipate the next point. If right, reinforces, if wrong, then why? Forces you to think.

Listening is a skill which must be honed and developed. I don't know if I agree with all the concepts here, but the basic concept is sound. Tune yourself to listen to the speaker, capture ideas, and process it all later.

Identify supporting material. People, books, websites, etc.

Bricks and mortar.

Examine logic for validity.

Point needs evidence as to what conclusions are based on.

When the speaker takes a break, make a mental summary.

Learning by listening.

Supporting material as the basis for logic, seem important. Lay out the logic, and understand the thought process.