Is Silence Really Golden? By Oscar Bruce Copyright: 2005 Article Autoresponder: mailto:Is_Silence_Really_Golden@epublishersresource.com Author Contact Email: mailto:diana@forwardpromotion.com Word Count: 599 words
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Is Silence Really Golden? By Oscar Bruce
"DEAR Dr. OSCAR. Why does this happen to me? Someone introduces themselves to me. I tell them my name. Then suddenly I realize I can not recall their name."
MY RESPONSE... "Simple, you didn't forget their name - you never really heard it in
first place. Your focus was on yourself and not
other person."
A Zen phrase says, "To see, you must get out of
middle of
picture." Remember - you're in
middle of your own picture. So, how best to move
focus from yourself to others?
The great psychologist, Carl Rogers, said, "Listening is
most powerful force we know for releasing potential in others. Real communication occurs when we listen with understanding - to see
idea and attitude from
other person's point of view, to sense how it feels to them, to achieve their frame of reference in regard to
thing they are talking about." This is
key to becoming a master motivator and persuader.
Dale Carnegie,
father of positive thinking, said, "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years trying to get other people interested in you".
Over my 40 years as Author and Coach in
art of personal communications, I've learned that a happy and successful life is rests on
quality of ones relationships. And nothing affects
quality of relationships more than
willingness to listen to
opinions and feelings of others.