Comments on: What Your Network is Saying About You https://wordsonpageblog.com/2015/04/what-your-network-is-saying-about-you.html a freelance writing resource. Fri, 24 Jun 2016 20:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori Widmer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2015/04/what-your-network-is-saying-about-you.html#comment-14019 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:56:51 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2015/04/what-your-network-is-saying-about-you.html/#comment-14019 Agreed, Paula! As much as I'm not a fan of Terry Gross (NPR), she does listen.

Listening is a lost art form. My late mother-in-law was a master at it. She would rarely answer questions in any detail, but she would ask numerous questions to get to know someone. Everyone (and I do mean everyone) loved her.

The news anchor is so right.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2015/04/what-your-network-is-saying-about-you.html#comment-14018 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:51:01 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2015/04/what-your-network-is-saying-about-you.html/#comment-14018 Oh my gosh, your last few lines seem like the story of my life. I listen patiently, and as soon as I get three words out the person either changes the subject back to themselves or says, "I'll have to let you go now." Rude. Rude. Rude.

A couple weeks back I interviewed a news anchor who said the best piece of advice she ever got was: Listen. She said when she first started as a reporter she would ask her next question without listening to the person's answer. (Shades of Larry King, huh? I used to watch his show now and then just to count how many times he asked questions the other person had already answered.) She said it's also amazing how few parents bother to listen to their kids.

If more people listened, the world might be a better – or at least less confusing – place.

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