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Some Things Good Listeners Do Differently

側耳傾聽成就更棒的傾聽者

They're OK with being uncomfortable.

他們能夠接受不舒服的感覺。

In addition to not playing defense, Sacco also advises embracing every emotion during your conversations -- even feelings of discomfort or anger. "You need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable," Sacco says. "When you're having difficult conversations with people, if you want to be fully listening, that may be a hard thing for you to do but it's important to try."

除了不防御之外，薩科也建議去接受談話過程中的每種情緒——甚至不舒服或者憤怒的感覺?！澳阈枰邮懿皇娣母杏X，”薩科解釋道?！爱斦勗捵兊闷D難時，想要全力傾聽或許很難，但是嘗試這樣做很重要。”

They're good leaders.

他們是好的領導者。

Research has shown that there's a direct correlation between strong leadership and strong listening skills -- and it really comes as no surprise. As Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Group writes, the most effective leaders and entrepreneurs listen more than they speak:

研究表明強大的領導能力和強大的傾聽能力是直接相關的——而且這真沒什么意外的。正如維珍集團的首席執行官理查德·布蘭森所寫，最有效的領導者和企業家，總會多聽少講：

To be a good leader you have to be a great listener. Brilliant ideas can spring from the most unlikely places, so you should always keep your ears open for some shrewd advice. This can mean following online comments as closely as board meeting notes, or asking the frontline staff for their opinions as often as the CEOs. Get out there, listen to people, draw people out and learn from them.

要成為好的領導者，你必須是好的傾聽者。高超的見識能從最不可能的地方產生，所以你應該總張著耳朵去聽取精明的建議。這可以是像追隨董事會筆記一樣去對待網上的建議，或者向征求首席執行官的意見一樣頻繁地詢問一線員工。走出去，聽別人講，拉人們出來，向他們學習。

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