Our communication program at the local university has taught a class called "speech" for many years. Some programs have taken one section of this class and made it a class unto itself. That topic is "listening." We're already pretty good at talking, writing, texting, expressing, and so on. However, when we measure listening, reading, viewing, we see often that comprehension does not equal expectation.
People blame this on many things, I think "time anxiety" is a major factor. Indeed, I lecture quite a bit about time--in cinema, television, video, music, radio--and the ways we live time (which is not the same thing as so-called "real" time. We live more of a "reel" time.
Daniel Goleman always captivates me. His book on EQ is, in my humble opinion (OK, so I'm not all that humble), a must-read for the college educated body.
See how much of this applies to you (in the following video). Then, read, view, the blog below this one and see what connections can be drawn.
