IMBO Magazine Nov. 2014 | Page 71

DON’T JUST H E A R M E O U T. L I S T E N T O W H AT I ’ M S AY I N G . When participating in social interactions you need to be constantly aware of what is being communicated both verbally and nonverbally. This alludes to the idea of paying close attention. And there are many ways of doing this – from keeping eye contact, avoiding distractions to straight-up focusing. But anyway, being conscious of verbal and non-verbal communication is all about reading between the lines. This doesn’t imply that people generally speak in idioms, it merely sustains the fact that you should listen out for ideas instead of hearing the words (meditate on that for 6V6