Hearing

“I FOUND IT!” Nicole burst into Zach’s apartment, waving a sheet of notebook paper. “Found what?” Zach sat up, his heart swelling at the thought of what she might say next. “The address, Zach, the address, it’s the paper factory!” Nicole shrieked and laughed, almost starting to dance around the room. “Holy- holy cow, Nicole!” Zach laughed. Nicole leapt at him and they grabbed each other into a hug. “Y-you aren’t joking?” “No!” Nicole was overcome with emotion. “We-we found her. We did it.”…

“What is that!?” Earl said. Earl is 57 years old and has been living in his house for eight weeks. In five weeks something has ran underneath Earl’s rug. It has came after a week of living there and it disappeared until two weeks later. The first time it came Earl was working on an important job and it ran underneath the rug and knocked over his lamp that was beside his desk. “Ahhh!” Earl screamed, “What is that? Is it a rat? Is it a mouse?” Earl thought to himself “What could have that been?…

Eddison Ma Ms. Kekelis Language Arts 8M4 15 March 2016 Title “Hey!” A strong, effective, low- voice squealed over the towering skyscrapers, beyond the baseball court with numerous people. Everyone was curious where the sound materialized from. We recognize that there was a dilapidated, undiscovered house. It seemed the house was protruding because of its size and quality. A man wearing a white T- shirt, cerulean jeans, and a pair of cracked slippers expeditiously dashed over here. He held a…

The first example I chose was a telephone company representative asks you switch to their new long distance system. Possible barriers could be within attending, understanding, and remembering. For example, you might only attend or selectively listen to what you want to hear. You hear that the long distance plan is only $9.99 a month. However what you don’t hear is that it is only $9.99 for the first three months. After that the plan increases to $49.99 a month. This could also be an example for…

7 Habits & Listening Listening is a true skill and unfortunately many people assume they know how to listen the right way. It’s because we hear involuntarily and that’s often confused with listening which is supposed to be active. Towards the beginning of the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, a similar confusion is discussed where people often confuse their perspectives with reality. Not realizing that before we change a situation we must change our perspectives.…

Throughout the first year of this course I can say that it has not been what I expected. I was hoping to improve myself in many various fields and although I did sense some improvement in certain areas I still felt like there is a huge amount left I have to learn, comprehend and understand. We always hear about the importance of first impressions when meeting anyone for the first time and I feel this even more important when meeting a patient. So as I approached the doorstep of my patient one…

It is important to focus your attention on the speaker and the topic because if you don’t, you will allow yourself to become distracted. In active listening, focusing on the speaker and topic will help improve communication in the organization. I would avoid any disturbances when focusing on the speaker and topic whether it’s becoming distracted by my own thoughts, another listener, or from any technical devices such as phones and other gadgets. It’s important to set aside your own…

One assumption about listening that was confirmed throughout Mr. Smith’s speech is the idea of “Informational listening which is the attempt to comprehend the message of a speaker” (Rothwell 164). Throughout the whole speech I was mainly focused on the ideas that Mr. Smith presented about listening. Some of the new insights about the power of listening that I have discovered throughout this speech is that sometimes you need to pay attention to what is not said in conversations. Hence, silence…

When coaching there are many skills to obtain, but one that is very important is listening. A coach uses three types of listening skills and they are informal, active in initiative listening. Informal listen it is most common use in coaching and every day conversation. This listening skills focus on facts and information. As the listener, the listener maybe or not be interested in what the person is speaking on. This is why this type of listening seems to be passive. Active listening is where…

As soon as the referee called my name, I forced myself into an aggressive mindset and stepped into the fray. At first glance, I could not comprehend how my burly wrestling opponent was even in my weight class. A stocky junior with the body of a tree trunk stared straight into my inexperienced freshman soul. Immediately after the whistle blew, he dove for my leg. I sprawled back and blocked his arms, successfully barring this move. I knew I had to counter quickly and aggressively. He cautiously…