Day 27:
Today I learned I’m becoming too comfortable, borderline too confident, when I speak with people. The more direct way to put this would be to plainly say I’m becoming lazy.
During a meeting today I found myself quasi-debating a matter with some peers. The conversation nearly turned to debate because we did not understand each other, or so I thought.
It turns out that the real issue was that I wasn’t listening clearly to my colleagues and instead was talking too much, and way too fast. In fact, someone even said something like, “Wait Jason, we can’t listen that quickly, we can only take in 3 minutes at a time…”
It was then that I realized I’m getting lazy.
Listening takes work, a lot of it, and knowing this fact is nothing new. But if the key to being an effective communicator is being an excellent listener, then I’ve got a long way to go.
The bad news is…I’m not as good a communicator as I thought.
The good news is…today I learned about what I need to do to improve.
The great news is…this is something I can do.
The best news is…I get to practice tomorrow.
Looking forward to suiting up for practice…
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AGH Mr.Leon Im sooooo sorry i have not commented on this blog (and being honest havent gotten the chance to read it either) but the fact that you put soo much thought and care in these blogging entries is amazing... like seriously everyday you do this??? Everyone misses your class a lot from last year and I miss your philosophical msj's, but your blog is way for everyone to get some good eye openers too. You know what I noticed people are being lazy about, everyone too not just me, but using words like ur and lol and ttyl and stuff like that just show how lazy EVERYTHING has become! LIKE how we are jjust WAY to lazy to pick up a phone and call so we text, but even though texting is already soo quick we decide to make it quicker by using a gazillion abbreviations... yea wow i talk a lot :) Thanks for all your dedication and say hi to the mrs for me :) :)
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