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Lecture Me. Really.

Molly Worthen OCT. 17, 2015

Mindful Communication in the Media Please follow and like usWhen Kjirsten Severson first began teaching philosophy at Clackamas Community College in Oregon, she realized that she needed to teach her students how to listen. “Where I needed to start was by teaching them how to create space in their inner world, so they could take on this argument on a clean canvas,” she told me. She assigns an excerpt from Rebecca Shafir’s “The Zen of Listening” to help students learn to clear their minds and focus. This ability to concentrate is not just a study skill. As Dr. Cummins put it, “Can they listen to a political candidate with an analytical ear? Can they go and listen to their minister with an analytical ear? Can they listen to one another?”

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Become A Better Listener – Rebecca Shafir joins Edward Hallowell to talk about her book (now in its 8th printing!) The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction. Rebecca’s insights will help you become a better listener and better overall communicator by the end of the episode![/builder_content]

The Zen of Listening

Articles, Resources, Newsletters, Podcasts, Rebecca Shafir, Mindful Communication

Rebecca Shafir’s award-winning book “The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction” in its eighth printing has sparked articles about her in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Readers Digest, Real Simple and many other popular publications, as well as hundreds of radio/TV interviews including on NPR, Bloomberg Business, CNN and Fox News.

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