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Listening- An art and a Science

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Nupur Dwivedi Director Edit post View stats Listening- A Scientific Art Nov 6, 2015 38 views 0 Likes 1 Comment Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Twitter  Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” ―  Bernard M. Baruch  So the process of a conversation is, some one is talking and someone is listening. A simple two way process of exchange of information. This does not sound so complicated. But I think when Aamir Khan in his latest movie PK was trying to explain the challenges of communication while using the word 'Accha' and the importance of watching the change of emotion with each Accha which means OK in English language, he truly brought out one biggest challenge of listening.  So how does it work.  Basically there are three parts of ears. Outer Ear (acting like funnel to catch the sound and send them to ear drum) - Middle Ear (a small air filled part inside th

Whole Person Paradigm

This term was introduced to us by our coaching Guru as we used to call him lovingly, Mr Brajamohandas. In my first ever article, Managing your Manager, I did try to touch upon the peripheral aspect of a human being suggesting that when a person comes out to work, they is much more than just employees. They are family people, they have friends, some might also be studying and if we consider situation of the total person then we have a better chance of understanding or dealing with their situation. However now I know that is just one dimension of the person. Even when we talk about an individual in so many roles we are looking at his or her physical dimensions and not yet looking at aspects of emotions, mental health, and spiritual health. The whole person paradigm looks at a person not from the perspective of where the person is right now but also where he is coming from, where he wants to go and most importantly where can he go. The challenge is how to find that out