build stronger relationships

Active listening is much more than just inserting "yeah" or "okay" at regular intervals in a conversation. Active listening also means listening with respect, with engagement, and listening with your whole body. Thinking before you speak. Creating connections with people and helping to ensure that they don't leave a conversation with you feeling bad about it, or about you. Join me in Season 2 Episode 10 while I talk about active listening, what it is, the attributes of a good listener, and some tiny tactics you can employ to make yourself a better listener. 

Remember that Season 3 starts on February 26. There won't be a podcast on the 19th - try not to miss me too much!  

Referenced in this episode:

• What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter: https://amzn.to/2Nx1Sjt [affiliate link]
• How Women Rise by Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith: https://amzn.to/2NBeYw8 [affiliate link]

Marshall Goldsmith's Tiny Tactics (https://www.marshallgoldsmith.com/articles/the-skill-that-separates/):

• Listen. 
• Don’t interrupt. 
• Don’t finish the other person’s sentences. 
• Don’t say, “I knew that.” 
• Don’t even agree with the other person. If he praises you, just say thank you. 
• Don’t use the words “no,” “but,” and “however.” 
• Don’t let your eyes wander elsewhere while the other person is talking.
• Maintain your end of the dialogue by asking intelligent questions that show you’re paying attention, move the conversation forward, and require the person to talk (while you listen).

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- Enjoy Your Heartbreak (Sting Version) by Martin Hall

Happy 2020! The new year is here and in an effort to stretch ourselves this year, we're looking at what's in our backpacks that we want to unload. From family relationships to failed relationships, there's a lot we have to let go of if we're going to continue to grow. Join us to see if you identify with anything we're talking about! What's in YOUR backpack?

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Relationships - not necessarily the ones you have with your significant other - are hard! They have a huge influence on our success at work and in life. I try to learn everything I can about how to build stronger, more meaningful relationships from everyone I can, and here are five of the best tips I have. Here's to building stronger relationships!

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