Seek first to Understand - Habit 5 from 7 habits of highly effective people.

Send us Fan Mail “In empathic listening, you listen with your ears, but you also, and more important, listen with your eyes and with your heart.” This week I am talking about Habit 5 from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Habit 5 is to seek to understand then to be understood and I believe can really make a big difference with your family. In this episode I share what Stephen R. Covey defines as empathic listening. I also share a bit about his example of using our own autobiography as we listen and the helpful example of using the skills of rephrasing content as well as stating the feeling around the content. I also really love what this habit does to help give people psychological air. Super grateful for this new skill to practice and have already been seeking to understand first before I begin to spew out my own thoughts about things. It is great to be back after a little break and continue on with this 7 Habits series. For more info you can also visit my website www.findingthefloor.com/ep102 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!! Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!