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How I Learned to Enjoy Life More by Listening with Children to Flatulence

I grew up with an alcoholic father and a paranoid schizophrenic mother. For me, life was mostly about trying to get control over the chaos. I lacked joy and wonder.

Eventually I married a terrific person and we had children. That’s what really breached my self-controlled world.

Our kids didn’t care about managing their lives. They explored the wondrous things I had missed as a child. Like the feel of lawn grasses and the tastes of different berries.

What really unglued me, though, was how kids enjoyed the various tones, durations, and vibratos of flatulence.

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7 Signs of Poor Listening

Listening is the most difficult communication skill because it requires us to climb out of ourselves and into others’ perceptions of reality. Empathy and sympathy are based on listening. Those who genuinely care about others are listeners by nature or training.

Here are 7 common signs of poor listening. 

1. Judging others too quickly and harshly

2. Jumping to premature conclusions

3. Responding thoughtlessly

4. Basing opinions of others on first impressions

5. Failing to set aside one’s biases and prejudices

6. Seeing reality solely from one’s own, limited perspective

7. Focusing on self-centered agendas

—Dr. Q