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Is listening an undervalued skill in today’s society?


It is an essential part of communication and can have a therapeutic effect.


Listening can be a gateway to empathy and compassion and I make the case that we should all do it better before it 

becomes a lost art.


Active listening outperforms simple acknowledgement: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10904018.2013.813234


Active listening:https://psychcentral.com/lib/become-a-better-listener-active-listening


Become a better listener: https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/be-a-better-listener


Nushu: https://nushu.com/


AI listening: https://fortune.com/2022/09/08/ai-chatbots-empathy-manager-work-careers-tech-michelle-zhou/#


The Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org


","author_name":"Dr Ayan Panja"}