The Self Improvement and NLP Blog - The Power of Focus Listening
Hi folks
Today I would like to share something which is motherhood for many people but it is really crucial for our self development and empowerment.
There are lots of books and self help on active listening. Most people have some vague idea of active listening. Well, let me assure you that focus listening is more than active listening. It is to focus your mind, your heart and your soul (body and emotion) . Many people think that multi-tasking and doing lots of things at one time is good. Wrong! This is because their heart and soul are not in sync. There is no focus listening of their heart and head. So doing anything well, one must learn to focus one thing at a time. One improved step is better than 9 poorly done movements. So it is vital that we have focus listening especially when we attend talks, meetings or even conversation with a friend.
To focus well, you need eye contact with sincerity and then you need to arch forward to show your body is ready for the closeness, the intimacy of conversation or attention. In this way your mind can then concentrate and do well. Whatever you are doing, you will do well in the area of learning.
So if you are ironing clothes, arch forward and have eye contact with your clothes which you want ironed and other tasks. Eye contact is not just with another human being. It is with the things you want to do. In concentrating and focussing on them, you are doing focus listening.
Listening to your head, heart and body (soul) is a powerful way to improve your life, enrich your NLP power and also to enhance your value in society and in your career development, Many people lack this kind of focus and lack the listening ability that they miss out the best things in life. I used to be like that. multi-tasked and very easily agitated. Today I do one thing at a time, slowly but surely with focus listening and now life is so great and wonderful. Everyday is a wonderful fullness of life, of grace and of joy. Even my arch enemies now smile at me and become friends even.
So, focus on one thing at a time, listen to one person or one sound at a time and slowly build up the reservior of power and grace. The self improvement that you gained from focus listening will bring you to higher levels in terms of career, money and also earn you friends.
Cheers
Sally Klaus
The Self Improvement and NLP Blog