Hi everybody, it is Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast. I hope you're well. If this is the first time you are here, then you should know that this is a weekly podcast show with over 300 episodes where we talk about the ins, outs, ups and downs of careers and give you some ideas for action, some tools to try out. so you've got a bit more confidence and control over

your career development, which we all need at times in our squiggly careers. Normally, it is me and

Sarah talking about lots of different topics. So already this year, we've talked about social

influence, we've talked about stress tolerance. And today I'm not talking to Sarah. Today I'm going to be talking to author and journalist Kate Murphy.

It's one of our Ask the Expert episodes and we are talking about the topic of listening.

Kate has written a brilliant book called You're Not Listening and that's really what we dive into today on the podcast.

So you're here is exploring how the way that we're working isn't always

great for our ability to listen at work. We'll talk a little bit about some bad habits that get

in the way of our listening. And we'll talk about what you can do differently so you can really

hear what people are trying to say to you at work. So I hope that by listening to this, you learn a lot

about listening. That sounds very weird to say. But more importantly, there's some things that you can

do after today. I would love to get your feedback on what you've taken away from the conversation

and any thoughts about other topics you would like us to cover or people you would like Sarah and

me to talk to. you can email us at

Helen and Sarah at squiggly careers.com. And don't forget, and you might not know this

if this is your first time here, but our episodes all come with podsheets. So they are downloadable

summaries, which, you know, really feature some of the key ideas for action and some

coach yourself questions for you to consider as well. You can get that in two

ways. Either go to our website, amazing if.com, on the podcast page, you can find them all, or sign up for

podmail, which is in the show notes for this episode and also on that podcast page on our website.

And you'll get an email every Tuesday, which has all the resources in, all in one place. So

decide what you want to do.

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