“Real-life discussions involve a great many bores and boors who have never learned that the art of conversation demands listening as well as talking.” WellsArtRealWomenTalkingListeningConversationDemandReal LifeDiscussionGreat MenBoresArt Of Conversation Author:Susan Jacoby
“I'm from the generation that's always been recording, from the very beginning. I learned to play the guitar on the four-track. I started listening to music at a time when people were doing recording at home, when the discussion about songwriting correlated to the discussion about producing and engineering. I think that's a description of my generation.” PeopleThinkingPlayHomeFourGenerationsListeningGuitarTrackDiscussionDescriptionSongwritingEngineeringListening To MusicMy Generation Author:Sufjan Stevens
“As long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a teacher, but a turning point for me was attending HBS as an MBA student. What I experienced was the power of the case method - that is, how much students can learn, not by listening to lectures, but by engaging in an intense discussion. This can be an exciting way to learn and a powerful one, because it really gets all the synapses to connect.” LongRememberPowerfulTeacherStudentsListeningExcitingIntenseDiscussion Author:Joseph Badaracco
“The nature of the labyrinth, I scribbled into my spiral notebook, and the way out of it. This teacher rocked. I hated discussion classes. I hated talking, and I hated listening to everyone else stumble on their words and try to phrase things in the vaguest possible way so they wouldn't sound dumb, and I hated how it was all just a game of trying to figure out what the teacher wanted to hear and then saying it. I'm in class, so teach me.” WayTryingWantedGamesSoundTalkingClassTeachTeacherFiguresListeningDumbHatedDiscussionPhrasesNotebookLabyrinthSpirals Book:Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition