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The Power of Listening

Purdue University Global

CM206 - Unit 6 Assignment



Being a good listener is one of the main skills to finding success in your personal and

professional life. When others feel that they are being heard while they are speaking, they will

become appreciative and recognize that you appreciate what they have to say. Listening is much

more than acknowledging the speaker when they are talking it is about being engaged and

concentrating on what is being said in the conversation. When you practice active listening, you

will find opportunities to gain new knowledge, learn something new, or a deeper understanding

of the speaker and their views. When you are practice actively listening you will find that there

are different listening types, barriers, and verbal and nonverbal cues that you can utilize in your

day-to-day life. If there is one skill that you would like to master in life, you should try

listening.



Listening is a key to all communication and gather of information. Listening is the

process of giving someone your undivided attention to what they are saying and establishing a

channel of communication. Listening requires someone to be present at the moment and trying

to hear the speaker’s message while processing the conveyed message. Without listening it

would

be impossible for anyone to gain a meaningful relationship or connect with others on a deep

level. When an active listener invests time and attention to the speaker a relationship will begin

to form which will allow participation in the communication channels verbally and nonverbally.

Furthermore, when the speaker recognizes that you as the listener are interested in what they

are saying they will be willing to speak openly and freely as a result.

, In interpersonal communication, listening can be defined as informational, critical, or

empathic listening. Firstly, informational listening is when we are looking for new information

or seeking knowledge on a new subject. Informational listening is about learning and absorbing

new information and facts about a subject or person. Informational listening is less active than

many of the other types of listening. When we are listening to learn or be instructed, we are

taking in new information and facts, we are not criticizing or analyzing. (Skills You Need, n.d.a)

Secondly, critical listening is what you do when you are analyzing or evaluating the speaker’s

information and you are gauging their relevance and credibility.



The speaker’s goal is to persuade you or to relay information that their beliefs and

opinions are valid. The listener must evaluate the information being received and compare it to

the knowledge that they know to be true or factual. Finally, the last type of listening is empathic

listening. Empathic listening is when you listen to relate with someone and their current

situation. It is important to note that to be empathetic, you do not necessarily need to agree with

the sender's view of the problem. It is also not necessary that you have had a similar problem in

your own life. Your goal is not to project yourself into the other person's situation; it is to keep

yourself out of it and, at least for the moment, experience the world through your friend's

perspective. (2019, Hamilton, et al.) The type of listening that we do is ever-changing, and you

may use one type of listening in a situation or you may use all three at once.



Listening comes in five main styles that allow us to understand and retain in our minds

what we have heard. The first of these stages is receiving. Receiving is hearing the focus of the

speaker’s message and to avoid confusion we must gather the information as it is given to us.

The second stage is understanding, in this stage, we are trying to learn the meaning of the

message that is being conveyed to us. This stage may be difficult because we are all raised

differently with different backgrounds, ethnicity, and culture. For example, a shopping cart in the

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