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This week I wanted to lovingly point out that even though many of our community want to become compelling communicators, they don’t understand and have not mastered the #1 skill that makes people listen to them.
If you want to be a compelling communicator so your ideal clients listen, your boss listens, your kid listens, your partner listens, and the world listens – you have to master this skill.
If you are not getting the attention, respect, money, or love you know you deserve, get humble for a moment and ask yourself honestly: Have I mastered this skill, or do I suck at it? It’s probably somewhere in between, and it’s high time to get better at it.
Watch the short video here.
Please post a comment or question below the video with your honest assessment of yourself or any a-ha’s you have while watching this.
Much love and Happy Holidays from Datta and I and the entire Groover Team.
Great video, Rachel Jayne!
My “aha” was that I am usually GREAT at listening… EXCEPT when I’m nervous about what a potential client will think of me! When my fear of rejection kicks in, it can make it harder to be curious about what is not landing, and what I could be learning in the moment… regardless of whatever else happens or not.
While I’ve gotten better at it, it helps to realize that “fear of rejection” can be my kryptonite, when it comes to listening… thank you!
Ditto – I have the same fear and difficulty in hearing how my offer lands. I’ll be looking for ways to change this. Thanks Rosa Z for putting up your response!
I am usually an active listener except when Im meeting a client that is presenting with a complicated set of overlaid problems…then I can start to dialogue internally …usually around not knowing where to start!what to focus on….am I the right person for this client…ie Am I Good Enough to Deal with this….running negative thoughts that spin me away from truly listening to that client that derserves My Full Attention
This is a brilliant, non-intuitive but true, insight into what it takes to be a great communicator.
Rachel Jayne, you hit it on the head for me when I am at the receiving end , because so often I am impressed with and resonate with what someone is saying but then can’t understand why I just want to get away from them as quickly as possible.
Now the penny dropped: it was my little inner silent voice crying out: what about me? where do I fit in? And the more the speaker ignores this essential part for me, the more I feel turned off from what they are saying/selling. It’s as if the speaker wipes me and my input out as if it is nothing!
Turning it around now to how I can become a better communicator. I need to listen better to what the prospective client/friend is needing, wanting or reacting to. In other words, let them be my teacher and guide as to what I say, how I say it and most of all, be genuinely responsive to them.