Years ago I was in a car accident: 60 miles an hour, head-on. In between knowing we were going to hit and hitting—a nanosecond—some wise or fearful part of me left my body and went someplace else. Just before the impact pulled me back, a voice came into me. It said, “The only reason you are in this life is to learn to love.”
When we listen, we offer the other our full attention; we become patient, present, centered, humble. When we listen deeply we enter into a new relationship with others, and with ourselves. We get invited into the inner rooms of a person’s life if we listen well; to listen well we have to get in touch with our own inner rooms. I have come to think of listening as social meditation. As with meditation, we eventually learn to become patient, present, centered, humble… calm… insightful. What we give to others we also give to ourselves. Imagine if more people on the planet learned how to listen to one another?
“When we listen, we offer the other our full attention; we become patient, present, centered, humble. When we listen deeply we enter into a new relationship with others, and with ourselves. We get invited into the inner rooms of a person’s life if we listen well; to listen well we have to get in touch with our own inner rooms.”
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“I have benefited from your session immensely. In my role, I interact with a variety of people from different backgrounds in many countries carrying out various types of conversations from interviews, performance reviews, sales presentations, project reviews, coaching, etc. The training you provided has helped in every step of the way.”
— Gajanan Phadake
“We are all profoundly affected by what you’ve taught us in the past month. Thank you for making the world a better place with this important work. You are an excellent role model.”
— Art of Listening Participant
“What Marci taught was invaluable to all of us. She is definitely knowledgeable, caring, and very witty. The class is something that is definitely mind-blowing, if not life-changing. The skillset equipped us to better manage our relationships and how we can help other people in a very effective way. I am so grateful for this class and think that it really should be ongoing for people to learn and practice these skills and change the world one person at a time.”