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Mindful Listening: How To Be Present, Intentional, and Empathetic
The key behind communication - it's not about what you say. It's how you shut up.
Empathy and listening - they sound easy, but you know that most people you meet on a daily basis can't do it. So what's the deal?
Mindful listening is the skill behind deep relationships.
This book is about a skill that isn't complex, but also not easy. It's a book about relationships and what drives them - what lets you into people's hearts. Making someone feel seen and heard and important is the highway to anyone's heart. So it's time to take a look at yourself, diagnose your issues with connection and listening, and attack new and old friendships with a more empathetic perspective.
Increase your emotional intelligence and people analyzing skills.
Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real-life experience.
Listening well is like reading someone's mind. Everything is said for a reason!
-Understand the purpose of pausing and using silences to your advantage
-How your ego sabotages your listening and how to get around it
-Four types of responses to let people feel seen and heard for sure
-How to validate and normalize someone's experience and emotions
-The art of paraphrasing and the effect it has on someone's levels of trust
-Listening and thinking - you can't do two things at once, but you can act like it
-The divide between listening for your own goals, and listening to understand
Empathy and listening - they sound easy, but you know that most people you meet on a daily basis can't do it. So what's the deal?
Mindful listening is the skill behind deep relationships.
This book is about a skill that isn't complex, but also not easy. It's a book about relationships and what drives them - what lets you into people's hearts. Making someone feel seen and heard and important is the highway to anyone's heart. So it's time to take a look at yourself, diagnose your issues with connection and listening, and attack new and old friendships with a more empathetic perspective.
Increase your emotional intelligence and people analyzing skills.
Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. His writing draws a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real-life experience.
Listening well is like reading someone's mind. Everything is said for a reason!
-Understand the purpose of pausing and using silences to your advantage
-How your ego sabotages your listening and how to get around it
-Four types of responses to let people feel seen and heard for sure
-How to validate and normalize someone's experience and emotions
-The art of paraphrasing and the effect it has on someone's levels of trust
-Listening and thinking - you can't do two things at once, but you can act like it
-The divide between listening for your own goals, and listening to understand
138 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 4, 2024
About the author
Patrick King
233 books359 followersPatrick King is a Social Interaction Specialist, in other words, a dating, online dating, image, and communication and social skills coach based in San Francisco, California, and has been featured on numerous national publications such as Inc.com. He’s also a #1 Amazon best-selling dating and relationships author with the most popular online dating book on the market, and writes frequently on dating, love, sex, and relationships.
He focuses on using his emotional intelligence and understanding of human interaction to break down emotional barriers, instill confidence, and equip people with the tools they need for success. No pickup artistry and no gimmicks, simply a thorough mastery of human psychology delivered with a dose of real talk, perfected and honed through three years of law school.
He focuses on using his emotional intelligence and understanding of human interaction to break down emotional barriers, instill confidence, and equip people with the tools they need for success. No pickup artistry and no gimmicks, simply a thorough mastery of human psychology delivered with a dose of real talk, perfected and honed through three years of law school.
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March 23, 2024
Clear guidance on how to listen well
Mindful Listening is well explained with helpful real-life examples. I learned some valuable tips I hadn’t known before. Definitely recommend.
Mindful Listening is well explained with helpful real-life examples. I learned some valuable tips I hadn’t known before. Definitely recommend.
August 28, 2024
Highly recommended
I really love Patrick King's books, and this one is a masterpiece. He starts by helping us understand the value that listening can add up to our lives, the lack of education we have in that respect, and then, teaches us how we can develop listening skills in order to improve our relationships, businesses and personal wellbeing. Thanks for this work, Patrick!
I really love Patrick King's books, and this one is a masterpiece. He starts by helping us understand the value that listening can add up to our lives, the lack of education we have in that respect, and then, teaches us how we can develop listening skills in order to improve our relationships, businesses and personal wellbeing. Thanks for this work, Patrick!
August 13, 2024
Very informative and love the content - 5 stars to that. I was distracted by the size of the font - hence took away a star. Overall, a great book to keep for reference and reread once in a while.
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