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.