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06 Oct

Listen Up! The Stats on the Power of Listening Are Staggering

How-we-communicateTo share just a few:

Number of business studies that indicate that listening is a top skill needed for success in business: 35

Numerical order among the reasons that marriages fail that not really listening is: 1

Amount of time we spend listening: 45%

Percentage of what we know that we have learned by listening: 85%

Amount of the time we are distracted, preoccupied or forgetful when listening: 75%

Reduction in office visits by chronically ill patients after they have been listened to for 15-30 minutes: 30%

Percentage of Americans who have had any formal education in listening: 2%

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