Already Listening |
Friday Jan 16 2009
By Jim Selman | Bio
There is a phenomenon I point to in my work called “already listening”. This is akin to the ‘little voice’ in our heads that goes on and on about everything. It is our internal and automatic ‘judgment muscle’. It is called already listening because it is what we bring to a conversation before anyone speaks. It is the “pre” filter that is always organizing what we think. It is not the same as hearing. We can all hear the same thing, but not ‘listen’ the same thing. Already listening is mostly cultural and always historical—it is based on our past. Already listening isn’t good or bad, but when we are unconscious about it,[Read More]
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