Find someone that you can use to do practice active listening techniques. During the exercise, have the other person share a problem or an issue with you, and consciously work to actively listen to them.

Describe what you did $($behaviors$,$ body language, mannerisms, etc.$)$ that let the speaker know that you were listening actively.

Reflect on the process of active listening when it's over. Think about how you felt about doing it$...$was it easy or hard? Why? What impact do you think that your active listening had on the person speaking? As you continue to think about active listening, how can it help you at work, in your career and$/$or in your life?

what else do you think you would like to learn about active listening? How can you practice further?