{"id":4240,"date":"2024-11-25T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2024-10-27T05:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T10:51:38","slug":"listen-to-understand-vs-listen-to-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2024\/11\/listen-to-understand-vs-listen-to-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Understand vs Listen to Reply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An old adage that still applies today as long as we apply it wisely.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some wise and famous person stated the title of this post long ago, I think. Still, it bears repeating in one variation or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am here to tell you something. What I have to say is important. Pay attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh wait, you are here as well? You might have something to say that you feel is important? Huh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to pause myself. I am not the all-important person that I sometimes believe myself to be. Others may believe themselves to be fairly important as well. Pause. Listen. Understand. There are many techniques to help me understand. Use those techniques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that I have some understanding of the other person, I can tell you something. Oh, wait. Maybe after understanding you, I decide to just keep my mouth shut and not tell you that thing that seemed so important before I understood you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can do better. Let&#8217;s try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dwayne Phillips An old adage that still applies today as long as we apply it wisely. Some wise and famous person stated the title of this post long ago, I think. Still, it bears repeating in one variation or another. I am here to tell you something. What I have to say is important. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,20,275,419],"tags":[154,142,276,420],"class_list":["post-4240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-learning","category-listening","category-talk","tag-communication","tag-learning","tag-listening","tag-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4241,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions\/4241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}