2). After reading Chapter 4 in its entirety, answer the following question: What are you thinking about when others talk? Do you concentrate on what they are saying or do you think about your own ideas instead? After listening to someone, can you write down most of what that person told you? If not, why?
When others talk, I really try to be respectful enough to
listen but there are times when I really just think about my own things. For
example, typically in large groups, I tend to get lost in conversations. Also,
when people are giving speeches, I really have a hard time paying attention. If
I am having a one on one conversation with someone and am thinking about my own
ideas, they are typically scenarios that have happened to me that are similar
to what that person is describing. That way I have a story to connect theirs
to, I have something to say back and I am at least somewhat thinking about what
they are saying. If it is a one on one conversation, I may not be able to write
down word for word what they said but I can definitely paraphrase it! If I can’t
write it down, it was probably because I was distracted by something around me
and if that was the case I would ask them to repeat themselves!
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