You are Listening but did you Really Hear Me

We all like to be heard but just how good are we at listening to everyone else. When someone is networking with you do you seriously listen to them or are you thinking about what you want to say when it's your turn to speak?

Listening is an art that requires discipline and a lot of it. If you want someone to promote your business I highly suggest that you are positive and they understand what the difference you offer over your competition. Like wise they expect the same from you as networking is a two way street or your street will close down rapidly.

Here is a drill I suggest that you try as I have been in a group of professional's and we have used it and was amazed at the outcome. Pair people off that don't know each other and have them spend 30 minutes together discussing their business. At the end of the 30 minutes separate them and then instruct them that they will switch roles and give professional selling point of 2 minutes or less on their previous partner.

You will now know who has excellent listening skills and is a great networking partner or someone that is all about what is in it for me. You can use this tool 2 different ways, one as a training message and making others understand the importance of listening or the other being to weed out people that aren't filling the desires of your organization or group.

This isn't designed to embarrass anyone but to find out who your real players are. If a person is a real player they will take this drill to heart and learn from it and improve. Then there will some who think its stupid and leave your group that is probably a good decision for all concerned.

If you have great listening skills and enjoy talking with individuals or groups you will bring a load of information to them. You will rapidly become a person sought out by many which in turn will grow your business. It's a definite winning situation for you.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Loghat teman, siri 2

Bertemu kita lagi dalam slot Mari belajar loghat teman. Kali ini kita akan mempelajari satu istilah yang agak tidak menyenangkan tetapi perlu diketahui. Perkataan ini ada yang tidak diketahui oleh kawan saya yang lahir dan dibesarkan di Perak. Tidak mengapa...janganlah dituduh Yong ni Perak murtad... tak baik... Perak ni luas. Bahasanya berbeza-beza atau mungkin juga makbapaknya dulu bercakap KL di rumah... jangan marah2... baik, perkataan tersebut ialah Ghenyang Cara disebut: ghen-nyang. Maksudnya: Desakan yang melampau dan menyebabkan orang yang didesak berasa rimas. Dalam situasi yang merimaskan, istilah ghenyang ini boleh juga digunakan. Yang menariknya, perkataan ini adakalanya boleh menggunakan imbuhan me dan di pada pangkal perkataan. Ia juga boleh digandakan. Contoh-contoh ayat: Ayat 1 " Teman ni la, pantang kalo oghang jenih meghenyang. dah teman kaborkan. tak nak bagi gambo penuh tu, paham la... kalo dah ghenyang sangat, gudbai je la, wassalamu..." Ayat mudah difah
Read more

Sekilas Sekinchan

Image
"Sekinchan is a little town in the middle of the main rice-bowl area of Selangor, in the Sabak Bernam district." Sekinchan - pertama kali saya menjejakkan kaki di sini ialah sekitar penghujung Disember 2007. Saya ke sana untuk tugasan projek dengan sebuah syarikat penyelidikan yang beribupejabat di PJ. Pengalaman di sana memang menarik buat saya. Saya akan bekerja di luar daerah yang asing dan bekerja berkumpulan dengan mereka yang baru dikenali. "Hi! Hello!" pemula bicara, esoknya terus bertugas bersama. Sehari sebelum perjalanan dimulakan, kami berkumpul dan diberi taklimat produk serta semua yang berkaitan dengan tugasan kami. Kami akan ke sana berkumpulan, seramai 4 orang. Projek ini akan dijalankan di pekan Sekinchan selama 3 hari berturut-turut dan perlu berulang-alik dari PJ ke Sekinchan (saya pula ditambah; KL-PJ). Saya bertolak dari rumah di Kuala Lumpur dan terus ke PJ, seawal 7.00 pagi. Pada hari pertama, kami menaiki sebuah kereta yang dipandu oleh seora
Read more

Rooibos: my favourite tea

Image
Rooibos , (pronounced /'r??b?s/, like "roy-bos"),[1] Afrikaans for "red bush"; scientific name Aspalathus linearis) is a broom-like member of the legume family of plants. The plant is used to make a herbal tea called rooibos tea, bush tea (esp. southern Africa), redbush tea (esp. UK), South African red tea (esp. USA), or red tea. The product has been popular in southern Africa for generations and is now consumed in many countries. Use In South Africa it is more common to drink rooibos with milk and sugar, but elsewhere it is usually served without. The flavour of rooibos tea is often described as being sweet (without sugar added) and slightly nutty. Rooibos can be prepared in the same manner as black tea, and this is the most common method. Unlike black tea, however, rooibos does not become bitter when steeped for a long time; some households leave the tea to steep for days at a time. Rooibos tea is a reddish brown colour, explaining why rooibos is sometimes ref
Read more