Hi there, it's Eve here. As you know, this week I'm sharing five episodes of Radio

Headspace that I really enjoyed writing. I'll talk a little bit about them, then

actually play the episode. And today's episode is called Pay Attention at All Costs.

Because let's face it, we live in a really distracting world. I think the problem

isn't that we don't know what to say, it's that we have an issue hearing what

others have to say. Or you're so focused on what you want to say that you've missed

the point of the conversation. And I do think the pandemic exacerbated it, but

even pre-pandemic, we were so distracted all of the time. Often times we're

slacking, emailing and texting in a meeting. And it's no wonder that sometimes

we don't know what's going on. I think a good exercise is to ask yourself, am I

really listening? Because we can pretend to listen, we can look like we're

listening. But are we really absorbing the information? So as you listen to this

episode today, notice how you're listening. And hopefully it might influence how

you approach the rest of this week.

Hi and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday. The other day I was in yet

another virtual meeting. And it seemed like everyone was having to repeat

themselves. And my first thought was I guess the internet is playing up again,

as you know, that happens. But the connection was working fine. What was actually

happening was no one was really paying attention. No one was really listening.

And it was causing a fair amount of tension as nobody felt hurt. And you know

paying attention is not as easy as most of us think it is because life is

pretty distracting. Even in scheduled meetings where we are supposed to be

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