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Hi and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday. My name is Eve. Thanks for joining me today.

The other day I was in yet another virtual meeting and it seemed like everyone was having

to repeat themselves. At 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 paying attention to what is happening, we might be trying to

do a few things at once, watching a presentation whilst texting a friend or slacking a coworker.

And then when we're called upon, there could be an embarrassing moment and a long awkward

silence. It's no different for when we were in school. One second you're staring out

the window, consumed in a blissful daydream, and then suddenly the teacher totally puts

you on the spot. We've all been there. Now of course sometimes people are not clear

or things need further explanation, but so much of our need to ask for things to be repeated

comes from not actually listening. What's more, we're often thinking about what we want

to say in response before the person has even finished speaking.

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