Habit 5: Seek First to Understand , Then to Be Understood

What is Habit 5 about?

• Being proactive

• Communication

• Figthing

• Resolving problems

Which one is Habit 5?

• Synergize

• Be proactive

• Seek first to understand, then to be understood

• Begin with the end in mind

What can you do to develop this habit?

• Try to understand people more, listening to them and paying attention to them

• It`s impossible. I ain't Superman

• In the long run, my friends won't be around a lot. Why should I pay attention to them?

• I prefer not to do it

What is the deepest need of the human heart?

• Love

• Passion

• To be Understood

• To Understand others

Spacing out is...

• someone is talking but you ignore them because your mind is zoned out

• you're not actually paying attention but you are pretending you are

• you pay attention to part of the conversation that interests you

• you pay attention to the words but not the point of the story

• you apply everything you hear to your own point of view

Pretend listening is...

• someone is talking but you ignore them because your mind is zoned out

• you're not actually paying attention but you are pretending you are

• you pay attention to part of the conversation that interests you

• you pay attention to the words but not the point of the story

• you apply everything you hear to your own point of view

Selective listening is...

• someone is talking but you ignore them because your mind is zoned out

• you're not actually paying attention but you are pretending you are

• you pay attention to part of the conversation that interests you

• you pay attention to the words but not the point of the story

• you apply everything you hear to your own point of view

Word listening is...

• someone is talking but you ignore them because your mind is zoned out

• you're not actually paying attention but you are pretending you are

• you pay attention to part of the conversation that interests you

• you pay attention to the words but not the point of the story

• you apply everything you hear to your own point of view

Self-centered listening is...

• someone is talking but you ignore them because your mind is zoned out

• you're not actually paying attention but you are pretending you are

• you pay attention to part of the conversation that interests you

• you pay attention to the words but not the point of the story

• you apply everything you hear to your own point of view

What is Genuine listening?

• First listen with your eyes, heart and ears

• Whenever I listen to my friends

• Learn to listen to other people

• All of them