Once my son said, "Dad, you never listened carefully to what I said. Now I just want you to repeat what I said. " Father agreed. When the father repeated his son's words, he found that his son was so sensible that the relationship between father and son became very harmonious and became good friends.
It turns out that this father is the general manager of a large enterprise. He is usually busy and autocratic. He always sees things with his own ideas and never listens to his son once. Later, at work, he also began to listen carefully to the opinions of his subordinates, and the company's performance began to rise.
2. One day, Dale Carnegie went to new york to attend an important dinner, where he met a world-famous botanist. Dale Carnegie didn't say a few words to the botanist from beginning to end, but listened attentively.
However, after the dinner, the botanist spoke highly of Dale Carnegie, calling him an "inspiring" person at the dinner and an "interesting conversationalist". In fact, Carnegie didn't say much, just let himself listen carefully, but he was favored by botanists.
Linklater, a famous American host, visited a child one day and asked him, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The child naively replied, "I want to be an airplane pilot!" " Linklater then asked, "What would you do if one day your plane flew over the Pacific Ocean and all the engines died? "
The child thought for a moment and said, "I asked the people on the plane to fasten their seat belts first, then I hung up my parachute and jumped first." Linklater continued to stare at the child when the audience at the scene staggered with laughter. Unexpectedly, two lines of tears welled up in the child's eyes, which made linklater realize that the child's sympathy is far from words.
So linklater asked him, "Why are you doing this?" The child's answer revealed a child's sincere thought: "I'm going to get fuel, I want to come back!" " I wanna come back! "The uniqueness of the host is that he can let the children finish. When the audience laughs stagger, he still maintains the kindness, peace and patience that the listener should have, so that linklater can hear the kindest, purest and clearest voice in the child's heart.
4. Someone once asked Kōnosuke Matsushita, the Japanese "God of Management", for management advice. He said, "First of all, listen carefully to other people's opinions."
Kōnosuke Matsushita left a deep impression on the visitors that he was a good listener. A person who once visited him described it this way: "It is very relaxing to meet Kōnosuke Matsushita. I don't think he is the leading Japanese business master at all.
He is not arrogant at all. He listened to my question very carefully, and from time to time he kindly echoed' Oh, really' without a trace of disdain. Seeing that he is so amiable, I can't help thinking: where is Mr. Matsushita's business wisdom? After investigation, I finally came to the conclusion that I am good at listening. "
Mr. House was the vice president of the United States when President Wilson was in office, and his work was excellent. A friend of his once commented, "Mr. House has always been a good listener. He can become Wilson's vice president, probably because of his listening attitude. Because when House and Wilson first met in new york, he won Wilson's favor and attracted Wilson's attention with a good listening strategy. "