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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning, this is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is about how to be a better listener.

We all know people who are just a joy to speak with.

When we talk with these people, we leave the conversation energized.

We tend to seek out these people again.

We want to hang out with them and we want to do business with them.

This podcast is all about being efficient and effective with time.

And being the sort of person people seek out tends to be more efficient than constantly

asking people to pay attention to you.

So why do some people seem like such great conversationalists?

What's often going on is that these people are very skilled at listening.

Notice I said, skilled at listening.

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