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Rule #1: Stop Talking!
A Guide to Listening
Paperback: 6.14x9.21
(180 pages)
ISBN: Paperback:
1600050670
eBook: 1600050689
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Book
Summary
Book:
Rule #1: Stop Talking! A Guide
to Listening
Rule
#1: Stop Talking teaches the
fundamentals of listening,
starting with an explanation
of the importance of listening
and then delving into listening
"rules," which are
accompanied by practical guidelines
and explanations. Following
chapters recognize and work
with beliefs that interfere
with—or "short circuit"—listening.
The chapter titled "Talk Talk Talk"
takes a light-hearted look at people who talk without pause or concern for others
in the room. Why do they do it? Can they be stopped? How can one escape? Though
light-hearted, the chapter offers insights and solutions. This leads into a chapter
that gives the reader a break from working to be a better listener and offers
advice on how to encourage listening in others. It also offers another angle for
self-reflection, encouraging the reader to examine situations and communication
styles that discourage listening in others.
The
rest of the book delves into specific listening benefits, such as lie detection,
understanding one's self, resolving conflict, listening "in the age of overload,"
and clearing "head static," such as the racing mind or repetitive thoughts.
Here, the book touches on meditation, nutrition, sleep, all of which keep the
mind in a better state for focus and attention. The book ends with a chapter titled:
"The Touchy-Feely Section," which talks about the deep human need for
connection and sums up the importance and impact of listening.
Throughout
the book, the author incorporates stories and insights submitted from an array
of contributors including listening experts and a poem contributed by a former
poet laureate. These contributions are displayed in boxes titled "Listeners
Speak."
The author wants readers to
deepen their awareness of this skill and of their own listening habits and blocks.
This awareness will help readers change these habits and blocks that interfere
with listening, an essential skill for both business and personal success.
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Endorsements of 'Rule #1: Stop
Talking! A Guide to Listening'
"Linda
Eve Diamond's book is an excellent
introduction to Listening as a powerful
communication tool. She translates,
through listening, the principles
of human understanding into the
concerns of our everyday lives and
encourages the reader to begin their
own listening journey and to explore
the effects of good listening."
Margarete Imhof, President, International
Listening Association (ILA)
"In a world rushing by and
filled with so much noise, nobody
seems to be listening. Linda Eve
Diamond has brought forth a book
that opens a door to deep listening,something
simple yet powerful to improve relationships,work
and well-being. Good lessons and
important tools in a busy life."
Stephan Rechtschaffen, Co-Founder,
Omega Holistic Institute
"Linda Eve Diamond
writes in a voice that makes it easy to understand the basic concepts of listening.
In addition, she adds the practical information about physiology and biology -
how it works! I also like her definitions and the techniques she suggests. I think
readers will come away with a lot of ideas on how to become better listeners."
Kay Lindahl, Founder, The Listening Center
"With
her bright, friendly tone, and practical,
commonsensical approach, Diamond
eases you into something that's
bigger than you may realize. To
truly listen is to break free from
the limitations of your own concepts
and expectations and open to limitless
fresh possibilities. Step by step,
Rule #1 shows you how."
Dean Sluyter, author of Cinema
Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from
the Movies
"Diamond's book deserves
a good listening to. Human beings
are human becomings—works
in progress—and Rule #1: Stop
Talking is a guide book to becoming
more in tune with ourselves and
one another."
Ronald Bell, Chief Evocateur
Officer/Owner, Center for Positive
Integral Change
This
book will help you to: - Become a better listener—and
encourage others to listen.
- Open the mind while
still being a savvy, critical listener.
- Nurture
healthy relationships and repair troubled ones.
- Boost
customer satisfaction and business success.
- Listen
to yourself to create the life you truly want.
'Rule #1: Stop Talking!
A Guide to Listening' Features the
Following Table of Contents:
Chapter
1: Listening 101
Chapter 2: Stop Talking! & Other Rules of Listening
Chapter
3: Short Circuits
Chapter 4: More Short Circuits
Chapter 5: Talk Talk Talk
Chapter 6: Nobody Listens To Me
Chapter 7: Listening To Resolve Conflict
Chapter 8: Divining Truth
Chapter 9: Listening In The Age Of Overload
Chapter
10: Internal Head Static
Chapter 11: Listening To Yourself
Chapter 12: The
Touchy-Feely Section
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| About the Author |  |
| Linda
Eve Diamond spent nearly fifteen years in the corporate training field,
where she developed, customized and delivered training programs in all areas of
communication. She has authored and co-authored five business and educational
books: "Teambuilding That Gets Results" (Sourcebooks, 2007),
"Perfect Phrases for Building Strong Teams" (McGraw-Hill, 2007),
"Perfect Phrases for Motivating and Rewarding Employees" (McGraw-Hill,
2006), "TABEL Level A Workbook" (McGraw-Hill, 2007), "Executive
Writing: American Style" (Apocryphile Press, 2007), and published poetry
book titled: "The Human Experience" (ASJA Press, 2007). She currently
serves on the executive board of the International Listening Association and is
the creator of the popular website, http://ListenersUnite.com |
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