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Could you just listen?

Could you just listen?

When I ask you to listen to you and me start giving me advice,

You have not done what I asked.

When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me

Why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.

When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem,

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The Four Agreements

The Four Agreements

by Don Miguel Ruiz

Be Impeccable with your word
Speak with integrity.
Say only what you mean.
Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others.

Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.

Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.

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Some thought on factual meetings; across the desk or one-to-one presentations.

  • Decide on your objective before the session. As the passage from Alice in Wonderland goes:

“If you don’t know where you want to go, it doesn’t matter where you are right now, or what route you take!”

If, however, you have pre-thought and planned, chances are you’ll get to at least the neighborhood of your strategic objective.”

  • Never stand up, walk in or “listen” with your name in neutral.

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