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How can I comprehend the dynamics of professional listening skills?

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Sean McArdle

Sean McArdle is a master motivator and speaker in the areas of sales, negotiation, strategic planning and personal development. His distinctions about what makes for a successful career and life come directly from his own experiences. His stories will take you on a personal journey from living under a bridge at 25 to negotiating some of the largest printing contracts in the publishing industry at 28. Since 1992, Sean McArdle has written numerous books, tapes and software programs in the areas of sales, strategic planning and personal development.

Sean McArdle's tapes series, LifeMapping: A Thinking Tool for Living Your Life On Purpose, was televised nationally in a 30-minute documercial with host and ESPN Sports Analyst, Joe Theismann. McArdle believes that the key to his success and yours is "the ability to design the architecture of a day that will bring you what you want for a lifetime."

A faculty member of the American Management Association, Sean McArdle delivers more than one hundred keynotes and seminars each year. He has shared the podium with many of today's leading celebrities, thinkers, and achievers. He is a consultant to some of America's leading businesses, including: Lucent Technologies, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, Re/Max Properties, and the National Association of Printers and Lithographers.

Sean McArdle is the Chairman and founder of a nationally recognized training company providing seminars and consulting to some of America's leading corporations and the U.S. Federal Government. When he is not speaking or teaching others to teach his material, he focuses on new ways to help individuals take advantage of accelerated learning skills and techniques.

How can I comprehend the dynamics of professional listening skills?

In this video series, Sean McArdle describes tips for becoming an effective listener.

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Host: How can I comprehend the dynamics of professional listening skills?

Sean McArdle: Well, like anything in life, listening should be learned. It is not something that we are taught when we are children, except to the extent that our parents say; Listen and then they expect us to do so. But, what does the word now mean to a child? Answer- absolutely nothing. Why? Because they are learning how to get what they want and so, they don t actually listen to what you are saying. They listen in terms of your response to what they are asking for. So, how do you learn the dynamics? You sit down and make a decision to listen on purpose. You gain information from people who know more than you do about the topic and then you take notes and learn the process of listening and put it into practice, one little piece at a time or what I called incrementally until you become a more effective listener.

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