The other day at the bank, Lisa, my young and attractive bank
officer was telling me how her mother had taken a fall, and while waiting for
hip replacement, was confined in a hospital in the USA.
While Lisa was talking to me, I was watching her eyebrows and
wondering how painful it must be for girls to undergo all that plucking. I was
wondering how she would look if she let her eyebrows grow. As soon as she was
done speaking I looked up and brightly asked her, “Hey, how’s your mom? Does
she still live in Japan?” Right! I was hearing her but I hadn’t been listening!
Listening requires engagement, comprehension, absorption, and processing while
hearing is only a function of the ears.
And the next time you are in a bank with an attractive bank officer,
it would help to keep your mind on your listening. History repeats itself only because people do
not listen mindfully the first time.
By: Raju Mandhyan
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