Effective Understanding

Too narrow.  Effective Selective Listening.  Effective Understanding.  To listen is to understand and to understand is to love.

1.  Participation.  ×curiosity, tell me more.  ×empathy, their shoes.  ×follow-up, within conversation and after.

2.  Concentration.  ×all in, eye contact.  ×consider, think.  ×distractions, devices/noise.

3.  Other Considerations.  ×understanding in business, blockbuster.  ×various forms of communication, texting.  ×the other senses, visual/intuition.

Techniques to effectively listen.

Techniques to effectively understand.