237 Reasons to read AOC2: Day 30, Quote 167 – Steve Portigal
Listen, Do You Want To Know a Secret? by Steve Portigal – www.portigal.com/blog
“To get to the “secrets,” we have to do more than ask, we have to listen. Listening is much more complex than asking. It means adjusting our mindset and ensuring that we’re truly giving permission for secrets to be revealed.”
In a chapter entitled ‘Listen, Do You Want To Know a Secret?‘ Steve reminds us that the most important, and significant element in a conversation is listening. That’s how we learn about things that we know nothing about. (Secret, undiscovered, unknown things). By listening.
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