858: How to Listen if You’re a Talker

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This will not shock you. I am a talker. As an extrovert with ADHD who has 1 million opinions and a good story to go with any situation, I’m never at a loss for words. Perhaps this is how we arrived at 858 podcast episodes! I’m also aware that if I want to show up as the best version of myself I have to really practice being a good listener. Given my propensity toward nosiness, sometimes listening comes easy. However, in a heated discussion or a lively room, I want to say all the things. And, I’m aware that sometimes this can leave others feeling unseen or unheard. As my child has developed my propensity for words (all the words, all the time), I have become increasingly aware that listening is something that must be practiced. For us talkers, listening doesn’t come naturally - or easily! Being a great listener shows consideration, care, kindness, and empathy. These are all very important to me. So, I’m invested in doing a better joy to listen to understand versus listening to reply. There is a big difference. Over the last few years, I’ve been paying attention to how some of the best communicators around me listen. I’ve been taking notes. In this episode, I’ll share the listening skills I have observed and am working on developing. If you’re a better talker than a listener, this one’s for you! We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy, episode 858.
0:04.2	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to
0:08.1	shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 858.
0:15.8	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:19.8	I'm here to give you and other passionate,
0:22.1	driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:27.5	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about
0:32.8	the Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with
0:38.4	other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over at shamelessmom.com forward slash
0:43.9	Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
0:52.9	Hello, Shameless moms. Happy Monday if you're listening in live time. So we're talking today
0:59.1	about how to be a better listener if you're a talker. And this is a little ironic because I definitely
1:04.4	identify as a talker. You don't have 858 podcast episodes if you're not a talker. So I definitely
1:10.6	identify as a talker, but I wanted to do
1:12.7	this episode because one of the things I know about myself about being a talker is that listening
1:18.8	is really hard for me, but I love being in conversation with people and I love listening.
1:24.3	Like a huge part of what I do for my work is listening. When I'm coaching people,
1:27.8	listening is my most critical skill. And so I also have to be aware as someone who loves to talk
1:35.6	and is super extroverted in multiple ways, I have to be really aware of matching my talking,
1:47.7	like my quantity of talking with my quantity of listening.
1:52.5	If not, even trying to be more of a listener than talker in a lot of situations.
1:54.9	And this is a challenge for me for sure.
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