10 Part Skill

  Listening as a 10 Part Skill was an interesting read. I liked that they took the issues people typically have when listening and broke them down into manageable, simple paragraphs. I particularly liked "Find an area of interest", "Listen for ideas", and "Keep an open mind". I often find that if I can somehow relate what somebody is saying to something interesting then what they say tends to stick in my brain a little better, so I definitely agree with "Find an area of interest". "Listen for ideas" stood out to me because I realized I'm the type of person that gets hung up on trying to remember specifics and as a result I end up missing out on large portions of the rest of what the person is saying. Lastly, "Keep an open mind" was one of my favorites because I personally come across a plethora of people with this problem of not being able to set aside their own opinions in order to listen to others' opinions.

On a side note, I thought the pictures that went with each part were cute and painted a nice picture of each of the listening problems. :)