The magic of listening

We Need More 'Good Conflict' in Our Lives. Here's How It Works

Adozen liberal, Jewish New Yorkers traveled to rural Michigan to stay in the homes of a dozen conservative corrections officers, whom they’d never met, to try to understand each other.It sounds like the opening to a joke, and not a very good one. But for three days, the Michigan conservatives hosted the liberal New Yorkers, driving them in their pick-up trucks to a firing range and a prison museum, sitting down for long, hard conversations, asking and answering many questions.

Why listening well can make disagreements less damaging

Does Anyone in Your Life Give You High-Quality Listening?

Listening isn't a passive act; it's an active tool. On average, humans spend a considerable portion of their lives in conversation. Along with the words we exchange, we acquire information, build connections, and remarkably, affect each other’s neurobiology.