Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better

http://www.ted.com In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.

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Join Live Conversation with the speaker Julian Treasure on What a conscious listening world be like and how do we get there? October 10th, 1pm - 2.30 pm EDT http://www.ted.com/conversations/6084...

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[bzsgzs]

he will be reborn as an ear.

[JIYOUNG LEE]

"we are losing our listening" "conscious listening creates understanding“

He gave us 5 ways to listen better. There are silence, the mixer, savoring, listening positions, and RASA(Receive/Appreciate/Summar­ize/Ask). In my opinion, people tend to want to say their stories rather than listen to others.

[Jayden carter]

Im 12 i just wanna know how to listen to my parents

[heilemaile]

I ask my 8 year old son all the time 'what do you hear?'....also 'what do you see'? As a musician I know how important it is to listen, so since he was little I have tried to heighten his powers of perception. Love the talk and couldn't agree more about the importance of listening towards achieving peace in our world.

[ForLifeAndBeyond]

What? What did he say in the video?

[noobenstein]

Humans stopped listening because I started talking.

Simply, humans refuse to listen to the truth. Which is fine when there's a world where no one is speaking the truth. But once there is someone who speaks the truth, humans have to create even more barriers to listening.

Even this guy knows that.

[Tamas Konrad]

Yea good point, thats why they dont have time for listening other peoples story, cuz wee they to tell theirs! Our story seems more interesting to ourselfs on daily bases

[S0vereignX]

i can't speak for all of us, but at least i was listening and the message was well received. shut the mouth for a minute and just open your damn ears for a change , something so few these days seem to be capable of

[TheTraceIrving]

The reason he said that is because the speaker said nothing for or against spirituality, and thusly, you must not have listened to him.

[faikcem1]

the annoying thing is that schools don't teach you to listen but expect you to and punish if you don't