
Deep Listening
Raaz Chuhan
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m so excited to share this conversation with Oscar Trimboli, author of Deep Listening, a lovely book/card deck.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about the costs of not listening, the opportunities that are created when we listen and why hearing what's unsaid can transform your work and life.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our western conception, we have speaking and listening, a basic duality. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oscar describes our normal conception of listening as monochrome, two dimensional listening rather than multi-color, multi-sensory listening. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oscar has worked to absorb traditional approaches to listening from Inuit cultures in North America, to Australian Aboriginal cultures, as well Polynesian and Maori cultures. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oscar breaks down a 6-dimensional listening model that leverages</span> <a href= "https://www.oscartrimboli.com/6-proven-chinese-secrets-becoming-skillful-listener/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">a deeper understanding of the Chinese word for listening, Ting</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">as well as an</span> <a href= "https://www.oscartrimboli.com/connect-origins-great-listener/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Aborginal concept for listening, Dadirri</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, which approaches listening from 3 dimensions - Self, Peoples and Lands.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>125/900 and The Cost of Not Listening</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oscar introduces us to the 125/900 rule - the simple fact that we can speak at 125 words a minute yet we can think at 900 words a minute. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The basic math of conversation is that there will always be something unsaid.</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Impact of this