Listen Up or Lose Out: How to Avoid Miscommunication, Improve Relationships, and Get More Done Faster
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- Synopsis
- Learning how to actively listen and absorb what a person is saying, thinking, and feeling can set the stage for dramatically improved relationships and increased personal success.Most people retain only a fraction of what they hear, resulting in miscommunications and lost opportunities. In Listen Up or Lose Out, communications expert Robert Bolton highlights the underestimated and under-utilized tool of active listening and explains how it can be used to gather perspectives, bridge differences, and resolve problems.Bolton teaches you key communication skills by:breaking down listening into a set of learnable skills such as avoiding the urge to criticize, question, or advise;focusing on the speaker&’s point of view;asking the right questions, in the right order;and learning how to read people&’s feelings and reflect them back Listen Up or Lose Out explains how one can become a skilled listener who experiences fewer conflicts, makes better decisions, and discovers opportunities that others might miss. Whether personally or in business, could you benefit from better communication? Give listening a try!
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 272 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780814432020
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780814432013
- Publisher:
- AMACOM
- Date of Addition:
- 07/05/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Robert Bolton, Dorothy Grover Bolton
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Self-Help, Business and Finance, Education, Communication
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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