{"id":620,"date":"2021-04-07T04:21:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/listening-promotes-informed-action\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T04:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T09:21:52","slug":"listening-promotes-informed-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/listening-promotes-informed-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening promotes informed action."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are very few things that I am able to create on my own. Each project relies on the input of multiple sources to be successful. <strong>I am willing to consider the ideas and advice of others to help me decide the wisest course of action.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I continue to listen to the wisdom of my parents although I am now grown. Their experience in life far exceeds mine, so I take their words to heart.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>My mother is my example of the value of showing patience. Hearing her reasons for being patient with difficult people is eye-opening. <strong>I learn from her that allowing others to vent enables them to eventually come to a point of calmness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I keep her advice in mind when I am dealing with difficult people at work. Although I am tempted to lose my cool, I remain calm and allow them to release their emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>After they vent, they are ready and open to listening to my perspective. My end goal is achieved when I open my heart to what others have to say. Their actions provide an indication of how best to proceed with them.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Although I am educated and experienced, I accept that there is much that I lack knowledge of.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>My teachers are those people who have any knowledge that I may be missing. I respect their genius and use their teachings to show me the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Today, I am blessed to have a heart that is open to actually hearing what others have to say. There are answers out there for me once I open myself to whatever source they come from.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Self-Reflection Questions:<\/h3>\n\n\n<ol type=\\\"1\\\"><li>Who are some of my greatest teachers in life?<\/li><li>Who do I turn to when I am facing a difficult emotional decision?<\/li><li>How do I decide when to take my own advice over someone else\u2019s?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few things that I am able to create on my own. Each project relies on the input of multiple sources to be successful. I am willing to consider the ideas and advice of others to help me decide the wisest course of action. I continue to listen to the wisdom of my &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/listening-promotes-informed-action\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Listening promotes informed action.<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifesomeday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}