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Listening with room

One idea. A short exploration. Time to notice.
Lesson 1 of 6

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Arrive in the conversationWith Lukas Weber

Begin with the reading and exploration below. Give yourself time to pause, return and make the practice your own.

Lesson 1 · 12 min

Arrive in the conversation

Listening begins before you find a response. Notice what you are carrying into the conversation: a busy mind, an expectation or an unfinished thought. You do not have to remove it. Acknowledging it can help you return to the person in front of you.

Try it for yourself

Before a conversation, put down one distraction and allow a moment to arrive. During the first minute, notice when you begin preparing your reply. Gently return to the speaker’s words.

A moment to reflect

What changed when you gave yourself time to arrive?

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My notes

A place for your discoveries, questions and words you want to return to.

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A moment to check in

Explore what stayed with you. Single-choice, multiple-choice and true/false questions are marked automatically, with immediate results. Your teacher does not need to mark them by hand.

1. What is the starting point? Single choice
2. Which two choices support the practice? Multiple choice
3. There is one correct feeling you must produce. True or false

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A question for Lukas

Keep a question and its reply beside the lesson that prompted it. Message translation can be set up in your chosen languages; German is shown here as one example.

Lukas WeberExample conversation

It is fine to keep this simple. Choose one thing you noticed, and begin there. You don’t need a complete explanation.

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