Learning the Lost Art of Listening
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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We spend a lot of time talking—sharing our thoughts, our opinions, our stories—but how often do we really stop and listen? Becky Harling encourages you to develop the one skill that will strengthen every relationship you have—the art of listening. She’ll walk through some practical steps to develop healthy habits that will help you become more intentional, proactive listeners.
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| 0:27.7 | dot com slash impossible. It goes back to the book of Proverbs where in one of the proverbs |
| 0:37.2 | Solomon says that a person's |
| 0:39.4 | heart is a deep well and you're wise if you draw that out. And most of us want to be able to |
| 0:46.1 | express what we're feeling and be able to figure out what we're feeling and be able to |
| 0:52.2 | figure out the answer to our own problems. So as you're drawing them out |
| 0:55.8 | and they're processing, you know, verbally or internally, they will come up with the solution. And then |
| 1:03.0 | it gives you an opportunity to affirm like, hey, that's a great way to solve this. That's Becky Harling, |
| 1:09.5 | and she joins us today on Focus on the Family with Jim |
| 1:12.5 | Daly, and I'm John Fuller. John, we spend a lot of time talking, don't we? I mean, this is a talk |
| 1:17.4 | show. So we spend a lot of time talking, but sometimes we don't spend enough time listening. |
| 1:24.0 | And I don't know about you, John, I'll just aim it at you, whether that is a struggle |
| 1:29.1 | for you. I, you know, I learned long ago that listening is a habit you can cultivate. You know, |
| 1:34.1 | you strike me as a good listener. I can be. Yeah, honestly. I think I tend to finish sentences. |
| 1:40.5 | You weren't in my home last night, were you? I'm waiting for you to finish my sentence. |
| 1:44.6 | I know, this is one of the things I've really been working on with Gene |
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