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There's a story I heard about Franklin Roosevelt who had to endure long receiving lines and

he often complained that nobody really paid attention to what he said anyway.

So one day he tried an experiment and teach a person who passed down the line, he'd shake their hand and then eat murmur.

I murdered my grandmother this morning.

So the guest would respond with phrases like, Marvelous, keep up the good work.

We're proud of you. God bless you, sir.

So it wasn't until the end of the line when he was greeting the ambassador from Bolivia that his words were actually heard.

And non-plus the ambassador, Lindo from whispered, I'm sure she had it coming.

So our theme for this session of speaking and reflecting and so on is listening.

And most of us value good listening.

I think most of us realize even it's a growing edge that needs our attention.

And sometimes we get reminded of it in a really jarring way.

All of a sudden we realize our team is addicted to drugs and we had not been listening and attuning.

There's a conflict that flares up at work and it's really there was just not that kind of attention paid to know what was going on.

For some it's in our intimate relationship.

So the partner who all of a sudden says, you know, I'm thinking of a separation.

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