What is Your Listening IQ?
by Rebecca Shafir
What is your listening IQ? Take The Zen of Listening quiz and find out!
Discover how mindful listening can help you achieve:
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more satisfying personal and business relationships
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improved memory and concentration
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better negotiation skills
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loyal family members, co-workers and customers
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and more…
Directions: Read each question and answer: “M” for “most of the
time,” “S” for “Sometimes” or “N” for “Never” next to the question.
When someone is talking to you, do you:
1) put aside your agenda and focus COMPLETELY on the speaker?___
2) feel comfortable asking someone’s name if you forgot?___
3) avoid judging and criticizing the speaker silently to yourself?___
4) stay calm and focused on the speaker’s message even if words are hurtful?___
5) recall at least 80% of the conversation days later?___
6) feel comfortable with silence?___
7) withhold the urge to interrupt?___
8) make every person you choose to listen to feel valued and respected?___
Give yourself 10 points for every “M” answer, 5 points for every “S” answer and 1 point” for every “N”. Total your score.
If you scored below 80, your listening could use of bit of ZEN. Check out the award-winning book The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction by Rebecca Shafir.
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