We have learned a lot from our customers and our classes since we had our first printing of The Listening Cards printed. In addition to the instructions contained in the decks of cards, you will find below more ideas about learning to listen and using The Listening Cards.
These Listening Cards are divided into two categories: Listening Skills and Habits to Limit.
Basic ways to use The Listening Cards:
Read them over and find the skills and habits that you feel you need to learn.
Ask a partner or friend to choose skills you might need to improve upon.
Ask a partner to choose one or two habits you might want to limit.
Choose only one skill and one habit to work on in a week. Keep it posted on the fridge, in your top pocket, taped to the corner of your computer, the bathroom mirror, by the kitchen sink.
When you ‘commit’ a habit, excuse yourself with humor, and go back and do it differently, perhaps replacing it with a new skill.
Be gentle on yourself and others who are learning with you.
Ask you partner to choose a Listening Card with a habit they think you need to limit. |
Other ways to use "The Listening Cards" from our customers:
Make a game out of trying out the skills during a silly conversation, say reflecting back a joke, or allowing silence where it’s not called for.
Make a game out of doing the habits in the most exaggerated way you can; see who can “commit” as many habits as possible in one conversation.
Put a penny in a jar every time someone does one of the skills well.
Take a penny out when someone does one of the habits they are working on limiting.
Keep the skill cards in a bowl on the dining room table and pull them out when having dinner or family meeting conversations.
Read the skill cards you wish to learn before going to sleep (but not the habit cards)
Set an intention every day when you meditate or pray: “Today I allow people silence to think their thoughts thoroughly.”
Or “I will breathe when I find myself wanting to interrupt or tell my story, allowing this urge to dissipate.”
Hole punch the cards, put them on a ring and keep them on the workplace dining or waiting room table.
Learn with a friend, acknowledging when each other uses the skills, and gently pointing out when they fall back upon a habit.
Form a group in your neighborhood, school, workplace or church to improve your listening skills.
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