The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.

Stephen R. Covey
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  2. Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words. - Roy T. Bennett

  3. Don't JustDon't just learn, experience. Don't just read, absorb. Don't just change, transform. Don't just relate, advocate. Don't just promise, prove. Don't just criticize, encourage. Don't just think, ponder. Don't just take, give. Don't just see, feel. Don’t just dream, do. Don't just hear, listen.... - Roy T. Bennett

  4. 7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important 1. Use their name.2. Express sincere gratitude.3. Do more listening than talking.4. Talk more about them than about you.5. Be authentically interested.6. Be sincere in your praise.7. Show you care. - Roy T. Bennett

  5. The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel. - Roy T. Bennett

More Quotes By Stephen R. Covey
  1. Love is a verb. Love — the feeling — is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen to her. Empathize. Appreciate. Affirm her.

  2. To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

  3. They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options.

  4. Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

  5. Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.

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