The Lost Art of Listening - Michael P. Nichols, PhD Audiobook

Written by Michael P. Nichols, PhD
Read by Sean Runnette
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships

Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc. Edition: 2
Release date: October 25, 2016
Duration: 11:33:36

One person talks; the other listens.

It’s so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are.

Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with family members, romantic partners, colleagues, or friends? How do emotional reactions get in the way of real communication? This thoughtful, witty, and empathic book has already helped over 100,000 people break through conflicts and transform their personal and professional relationships. Experienced therapist Michael P. Nichols, PhD, provides vivid examples, easy-to-learn techniques, and practical exercises for becoming a better listener and making you heard and understood, even in difficult situations.

A reader’s view:
“Reasons to read it:
1) It made me think hard about a huge part of my relationships, particularly family.
2) It contains a lot of wisdom about listening.

Reasons not to read it:
1) Like a lot of psychology books, it could have been condensed to maybe half the length by cutting out generalized and extraneous case studies/examples.
2) It approaches human nature and relationships from a general, contemporary Western, ultimately non-Christian viewpoint.”

Another view:
“Michael Nichols frames listening as an active art - we need practice to transform passive reception to real hearing.
He offers advice on a gamut of listening-related situations and problems, including the struggle to suspend our own needs, reducing emotional reactivity, and learning to listen to specific people such as your children or your coworkers. In a society where we spend a large amount of time creating small talk before business meetings or messaging each other through Facebook, The Lost Art of Listening gives us the tools to transform how we communicate with one another.”