I found Julian Treasure's TED talk to be very inspiring. I understood that the main idea was to touch on how we as a population are losing our listening skills. We speak to each other and listen, but we do so without "hearing." We do not seem to comprehend what others say as much as we used to. I would have to agree with him, as it seems that many of the people I speak with tend to listen "blankly," or seeming as if they really aren't paying attention.
I decided to try his method of "Silence." I am a little hard on hearing, and have been since I was a young girl. I found that I have a hard time hearing some of the things people say to me, but I am too embarrassed to ask what they had said. I believe that if I could perhaps reset my ears every day, it might help me listen to people more.
Upon trying this method, I found that sounds were much easier to hear. I was able to pay attention and hear everything said to me when I spoke with my friends, and I was even able to understand my coworker, who always speaks really quietly. I think this method would be very helpful in my life. Everything is hard for me to understand sometimes, and since this method helped me today, I think it will definitely help me later in life too.
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