Listen, says the choral conductor, with wide ears. Listen with wide ears. Sing your part with good will, but always keep the wide ears that will let you mesh your part with the song of those around you.
What practices help you to widen your ears and improve how you listen to others?
To really listen to others and consider what it is saying in relation to me, personally, or to the matter before a group for discussion, I try to PREPARE myself to listen, first and foremost. Although I am able to enter into discussions comfortably, I still want my time with a friend or a group of workers to be ones in which an interchange of ideas has taken place. In order to reach any kind of understanding or compromise, listening and speaking are both important components of a productive result or a step ahead in a personal relationship that deepens.