Topic > Being a Listener: The Importance of Listening - 1046

Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. and author of The Nonverbal Advantage: Secrets and Science of Body Language at Work writes an article for Forbes titled Great Leaders Talk with their Hands. In this article Goman tells us this “Have you ever noticed that when people become passionate about what they say, their gestures automatically become more animated? Their hands and arms move, emphasizing points and conveying enthusiasm.” I notice this to be very true, stamen people tend to overreact to anything they are passionate about and use huge gestures that always seem to match the same enthusiasm they have for that thing or activity. Yet it seems that when we talk to other individuals we completely ignore what they clearly say with their body language. I believe this can be attributed to the fact that people who want to express their passions and beliefs to others forget that they should be having conversations with each other and not trying to dominate the other person. This is an important trait to learn to become an effective listener and even better conversationalist. When you notice body language you really know what the other person's feelings are really saying and it's something simple that we do all the time without even realizing it