I think these skills have been naturally developed over time, during classes, seminars, interactions with friends and family, etc. I make natural eye contact with the person speaking and use appropriate gestures to respond to what’s being said. I think I am good at some of the attending listening skills, such as contact and gestures. I think this is a result of my over all tendency towards over thinking which is something I am working on as well. While this is ususally well meaning, I recognize it could be misinterpreted and now that I am aware I will make an effort to respond in other ways. The problem for me is that I frequently deliever high-risk responses that are evaluative. I do give acknowledging responses and reflect back content and feeling, and I even summarize most often. Where reflectiveness is concerned I think I am a work in progress. (pressuming this is not a good habit I know) This I think is a problem that I am aware of but dont give as much attention to correcting as I should because I tend to take for granted that those who know me best innately know that I am interested in and concerned about what they have to say. In my personal life however, I am sometimes guilty of trying to multi-task and that means that my attending skills become secondary to some other task. In that space my attending skills are great I am always giving eye contact and gesturing and quietly taking it all in because it is my hope to model what good listening looks like for my students. I am a far better listener in my professional life than in my personal life. Because I am loggin in from the library today I had to login through facebook which explains the name difference. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In.
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