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Simon Stelling wrote: |
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> First, I didn't really want to offend you, although I have to admit |
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> that a few statements were rather harsh. I didn't feel offended, and I |
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> know you didn't want to say my answer was incompetent. However, if I |
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> *were* the questioner, I'd feel offended, since I don't need |
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> everything explained twice, and if I don't get it, I ask further |
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> questions. Generally explaining it a second time somehow implies that |
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> I didn't get it the first time, but perhaps that's just me. |
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Google "Active Listening." Basically, active listening means that you |
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repeat everything another person says but you put it in your own words. |
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This shows the other person that you're actually paying attention, and |
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it helps to reveal any miscommunication the instant it occurs. It's a |
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management technique and a tool used in conflict resolution/avoidance. |
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I'm NOT saying that's what happened here, but your words suggest to me |
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that you _might_ be unprepared if someone used active listening on you. |
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"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate" - W. of O. |
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