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For most people, the hardest type of listening usually involves staying awake during a boring lecture listening with openness to a speaker who has views that contradict your cherished beliefs listening to your mother recite your chores listening to talk radio

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Listening requires a decision to do so, and that is what differentiates listening from hearing.Listening with awareness involves paying attention to paralanguage , but also non-verbal behaviors.

For most people, the hardest type of listening usually involves listening with openness to a speaker who has views that contradict your cherished beliefs.

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