Mini: Listening for Learning with Dr. Lara Pence
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2020
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Host Dr. L says: There is a saying that God Gave Us Two Ears and One Mouth for a Reason. The notion: That we were born to listen more than we were to talk. In today's society, the ever-present social media platform has given many a vehicle to use their voice, put out their message, and be heard. And, at the same time, as a society we are losing the art and skill of listening when our focus becomes 'what can i say?' instead of 'how can I listen?' In order to building back up the skill of listening, we must practice listening by being mindful about how we relate with others, and through truly dropping our own ego when we are in a position of listening. LESSONS: Building the skill of listening requires a mindful approach, one in which we are paying attention and working towards true engagement. Try being present with whom you are listening to by avoiding thinking about what you are going to say next or how you might sound and just practice hearing what they are saying. Engage in perspective shifting and cognitive flexibility by listening to podcasts or other audio sources that challenge your own position. SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT Google Play: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpPlay FOLLOW SPARTAN UP AND DR. L: Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/ Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod Dr. L on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drlarapence/ CREDITS: Production Team: Heather Knox, Knox Creative; Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Host: Dr. Lara Pence Synopsis: Dr. Lara Pence © 2020 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. It's Dr. L. here, your Chief Mindoc for Spartan. I'm here with Spartan |
| 0:10.6 | Mind where we're talking about how to get your mindset right, okay? |
| 0:14.6 | Now today we're going to talk about something super important and it's about listening. |
| 0:20.1 | I know, weird, right? |
| 0:22.4 | But I think listening is so so important. |
| 0:24.4 | Obviously I think this because I'm a psychologist and spent like the last 10 years of my life |
| 0:28.4 | listening to people all day long, but it's also really important for you and it's |
| 0:32.2 | important in different avenues. Yes, it's also really important for you and it's important in different avenues. |
| 0:33.6 | Yes, it's important with your friends, right, to listen so that you can provide empathy, |
| 0:37.6 | but it's also important in other arenas in your life. |
| 0:40.7 | It's important for you to consider and think about what are the things |
| 0:44.6 | that other people think and feel. What are the things that are going on outside of |
| 0:48.9 | me, outside of myself that might actually benefit my own journey, okay? |
| 0:54.0 | Because when we listen, when we make ourselves available to what else is happening, |
| 0:59.5 | we give ourselves permission to shift perspective on certain certain stuff and that allows us for cognitive flexibility and |
| 1:06.0 | cognitive flexibility is so important because we get to be more creative right |
| 1:10.1 | in our ideas and our thinking. |
| 1:12.5 | So I want you really considering, |
| 1:14.8 | how are you listening, right? |
| 1:17.2 | Now, I know there's that saying, right, |
| 1:19.0 | that God gave us two ears and one mouth |
| 1:21.6 | for a reason to listen more than we actually talk. |
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