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Covey’s habit 5: Seek first to understand and then to be understood [How to be an Original]

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People understand me so poorly that they even don’t understand my complaint about them not understanding me.        - Soren Kierkegaard

People
want to be understood. You want to be understood, don’t you? You know
how frustrating it can be when people don’t understand you, no matter
how hard you try, over and over [...]

19 June 2007 | 7 habits, Communication, Seven habits, Stephen Covey, empathic listening | No Comments