Importance of Listening

The Almighty has given us sensory organs like eyes, ears, nose, skin and so on. The sensors are under our control and we can use them whenever we need to. But there is a difference between ears, eyes and mouth. Eyes can be shut to avoid seeing unpleasant scenes, mouth can be shut to stop talking nonsense but ears can’t be closed not to hear. Even if you put hands on ears, you still hear many things. The ears cannot be tight shut off; the simple reason is God wants us to listen to everything and everyone.

Many people don’t listen to others and don’t like getting suggestions forget about dictation. A good listener makes minimum mistakes in professional and personal life as well. Listen, listen, listen and do as per your conscience suggest you after listening to everyone.

Advantages of listening:

1. People feel respected if they are listened to;
2. Knowledge and awareness increases;
3. You are in the flow of society and system, and so chances of getting isolated are low. Not to forget “Human being is colonial by nature.”
4. Less chances of making mistakes in work;

Above points would also mark out differences between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’.