Highlights: Ep.38 | Ears | Part 1 | Five Reasons This May Be Our Most Important Life Skill
Definition: Listening well is more than just hearing with our ears. It’s hearing with our hearts.
One: Listening well creates a unique and almost sacred bond between people.
Those who listen longer than most people ever listen will hear things that most people never
hear. (Carey Nieuwhoff)
Two: Listening well brings real healing to others.
We hurt in isolation; we heal in community.
Be kind to everyone you meet, because everyone you meet is fighting a battle.
Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost
indistinguishable.
Three: Listening well is essential for effective leadership.
Leaders who refuse to listen will soon be surrounded by those who have nothing to say. (Andy
Stanley)
Four: Listening well is required for continuous self-improvement
Assume the the person you are talking to might know something you don’t. (Jordan Peterson)
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. (John Wooden)
Five: Listening well is required for following Jesus.
True listening requires a setting aside of oneself. (M. Scott Peck)
The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as
love to God begins with listening to his Word so the beginning of love for the brethren is
learning to listen to them. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
To love is to listen well and to listen well is to love.
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters, Kate Murphy (2019)