If there is one thing that people want – no, crave – it is a person focused on listening to them.

This is not just true in our self-absorbed society but was always valid.

The best listener has the most friends.

The best listener gets the best jobs.

The best listener is even confused for being the best conversationalist, which sounds odd but is often true.

Most of us have to work hard at being a good listener.

Some lucky people have it in their DNA.

But if being a better listener is a goal there is one way to get started even if listening does not come easy.

Focus on what is being said with the intention of summarizing it.

Listen, put what you’re hearing into a few short phrases and keep listening.

Listening with a purpose is the secret to becoming a better listener.

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