Are you a good listener or are you speaking more than you are listening? Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen and it is the key to all effective communication and the builder trust. Listening means hearing and understanding with an open mind what is being said without formulating answer or interrupting. People who know little say much, people who know much say little. Many of us don't listen as well as should and we never listen when we are eager to speak listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. Unlike your mouth, your ears will never get you in trouble