If you want to practice being a better listener, responding is the better course of action.
Kathy Rapp at Inc. suggests it’s always better to respond instead:
Respond, don’t react.
Instead, it makes it seem like you were waiting to pounce on the first sign of trouble.
People like it when they think they’re being listened to, so it can only benefit you.
3 Ways to Listen More Effectively in 2015| Inc.
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