Practical Book Review Practical Book Review: Why Don’t We Listen Better? LaTasha Daniel Liberty University Practical Book Review: Why Don’t We Listen Better? Summary “Why Don’t We Listen Better”, a resource book written by James C. Peterson informing readers about effective listening and improving communication skills by sharing his personal and seminary training experiences. “The word communication derives from the root “to commune,” It has at least two levels-sharing information and connecting with others” (Peterson, 2007, p 18). Petersen start out in part one of his book with discussing how he learned the value of communication balancing through observation of
Our team found that we did not agree with those professionals who chose to commit crimes. We felt that those in our examples had the means that they needed and were being greedy. These were not values that our team found to be important. Ethics will always be a greatly debated subject because there are so many grey areas and differing opinions on what values support those ethics. It is key to an organization to have a
A submissive person usually fears upsetting others because they do not wish to hurt their feelings or fear them. Submissive people also usually assume that they are to blame for things, even if they are not. They also accept culpability when singled out by others. Avoidance Behaviour Avoidance behaviour is when a person distracts themselves from an activity or task to which an unpleasant emotion is attached to. Usually this emotion is fear.
Each side portrays a correct argument but you must decide what you are looking for in return when you give your loyalty, and trust. When looking for someone to back you up and help you through the hard times, you must always choose the side of your friend because they are always there for you ready to assist you in any way. If what you desire most is to be ignored and as if they aren’t acknowledging you, then you should stand strongly by your country. When you are dealing with such a crowd there is no attention, so you will certainly be pushed aside like so much paperwork on a secretary’s
The talker owns the problem, but the listener will share the problem. It is important during this stage that the listener stays away from judgments, attacking, or
There are ways to fight this huge problem of indifference and it can be stopped. Indifference is a very dangerous problem that leads to very dangerous situations. Indifference is when people know of horrible events happening, but choose to stay silent or not take action. If something terrible is happening and people do not try to stop it, it will continue to happen. Until people choose to stop indifference and start caring about others in the world, theses events will not stop.
Lies are harmful and apologetic people are rarely taken seriously. I need to state my wishes and requests clearly and directly. Don't be manipulative, defensive, or sexually seductive. But there are also other things that people need to stop and think about that could help and approve communication. Like no passive - aggressive behavior, or expressing anger indirectly in the form of criticism, sarcasm, nagging or nitpicking.
They are very concern people and as a result of that they trust authority seeking security. They tend to be pessimistic; since they tend to expect the worst at all times they are more bond to be stoical and fatalistic while reminiscing on yesterday. Yearn for belonging and prize gratitude. Intellectually they practice logistic more than tactics diplomacy and strategy. They are tough minded individuals who often take the role of an administer.
Life has its unexpectancies and we have control over how these unexpectancies take over our emotions. As humans we have the choice to let our emotions take over who we really are. Living in fear of judgment and the little imperfections of our daily life causing us to be unhappy, due to the fact we care more of how others perceive us than our own self. Wayne Coyne’s essay “Creating Our Happiness” and Catherine Royce essay “I Always Have a Choice” both describe the internal human emotions to the fullest extent, and both using techniques such as flashbacks and imagery to portray their concept thoroughly to explain how life is but a choice. As if you were living that situation, feeling their pain, happiness, and thinking
The not so great this about this is that even if your intentions are good you tend to forget that not everyone thinks like you and is clear on their own sense of values. Believing that you are doing the right thing justifies on what other people’s opinions are. My strengths and weaknesses are that I can not help but to feel damaged whenever I see something going on around me that I can not naturally fix myself. However, a strength is that I look at it as a challenge and make my best effort to over come that challenge and help others even if others do not agree with my process in doing