How many times have you talked about an thought or something you thought you wanted to do and others have shot you down? You are all excited about something and tell a loved one…a spouse, a parent or a nearby friend and they don’t support you. Once in a while you quickly disregard it and concur with them that perhaps you aren’t able to do this.
That is why we should not listen to others. Think of the famous individuals in the past who were told that something couldn’t be done. What if they would have listened to others? Especially the individuals who thought they knew them well? We may not have electricity, planes or even computers! All of these great things began with a thought and were completed because someone stuck to what they knew could happen. They finished their dream and made something amazing!
In Matthew 13:53-58, Jesus returned to his home town. They could not believe that the boy they knew, the carpenter’s son, could do such extraordinary things that he was doing. Because of their unbelief, he did very little wonders there. What if only they would have believed? They would have witnessed many more!
That is why we should not listen to other people. They will limit us in our thinking. They will restrict us in our actions. We will be less adept to do things around them because of the way they think about us. We will be unable to fully accept ourselves if we proceed to hang around them.
That is why we shouldn’t listen to others when they “try” to help us by telling us what we can’t do. We should only permit God to tell us what we can do. We should talk to Him through the day and know that if we take what He wants us to do and do something daily toward His objectives for us, that we can do anything. Incredible things will happen when we stop paying attention to what others believe and only center on what God knows we can do.
Activity STEPS:
Think about something enormous that you have been thinking about doing.
Write down how this big activity can help others and what steps you need to take.
Try not to listen to other people who don’t believe that it can be done. Talk to those who do accept.
Ask and ask God to help and guide you to do the first things first. Take action!
Mark 6:4-6 “Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his family members and his own family.”And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any mighty marvels among them except to place his hands on a couple of sick people and recuperate them. Furthermore, he was stunned at their unbelief.
How important is listening to others? Effective correspondence is important in all viewpoints of life. It’s extremely significant especially if you want to be effective in business.
“Listening is the most critical business skill of all,” says Bernie Ferrari, the author of Power Listening. “The distinction between great and mediocre business leaders is the ability to listen.” Many people think that listening is a natural function, such as tasting, smelling, or seeing. It is a skill that has to be learned, just like we learned to read and write. People tends to get listening confused with hearing. They are nothing the same. When you listen you take in information. Time after time, we hear, yet we are not listening.
A person makes better choices when they listen well because they are taking in new thoughts and utilizing their decisive reasoning skills. The best listening comes by keeping quiet most of the time and asking explicit questions when you do engage. The “art” of tuning in is just that, it is an craftsmanship that takes a conscious effort to ace. It can be dominated, yet it time and effort to do so. When we listen, we communicate. When we communicate really by tuning in, you gain the regard and trust of those around you.
We invests most of our waking energy in communication. Of that time we likely spend half of it listening – and most of the time not listening as well as we could. Of all the communication skills that you need, listening is the most significant. As good business communicators, listening is extremely significant. In business, you need to listen to what your clients want in order to meet their explicit needs. You needs to listen to your employees regarding their work and ideas. You need to listen to your supervisor to know what they need to do your job successfully.
Things to consider in request to help yourself be a superior audience would be:
Think about what the individual you are listening to is saying
What are the key points the person is trying to get across.
On the off chance that it isn’t clear to you what, they are attempting to tell you, ask them. Repeat in your own words what youthink they are attempting to say. This will let them know you are listening and want to understand.
Don’t let your feelings interfere with what the individual is saying. Everyone is entitled to their own ideas and sentiments.
Keep an open mind.
Give the individual your unified attention – don’t let yourself be distracted by the person speaking or things around you
Be patient – sometimes is takes others longer to get their point across.
Listening helps assemble relationships, tackle problems, ensures understanding, resolve conflicts, and improve accuracy. At work, effective listening means fewer mistakes and less squandered time. Listening can help assemble friendships and successful professions.
There is a great quote from Epictetus, an ancient Greek philosopher that says “Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.” If everyone would take the time to think of this quote when they are communicating with others, they can’t turn out badly.