The topic is about how listening can impact your communication skills. You can’t ascertain facts or information if you don’t listen to what is being said. If you want to communicate, the first step is being a good listener in order to retain information and also to share correct information.
If you have good listening and communication skills, this is a definite plus in marital relationships. You can avoid guessing about how someone is feeling if you listen intently to the tone and the mood that accompanies a persons speech. If you are a good listener, you can implement things you have heard to help promote yourself on your job to a higher position.
My spouse and I have had a few arguments due to the fact that we realy did not listen to what each other was saying. We have learned to have unbiased discussions by listening to each other better. We have found that we both have each other’s interest at heart and are not trying to attack when giving critiques on whatever we may be doing. If you listen carefully, you can figure out where a person is really coming from in their conversation. Say what you mean instead of beating around the bush with people. That’s poor communication and your point probably won’t be made or taken.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with listening and communication skills. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Listening and Communication Skills
- Listen to things that nobody cared about, would influence no one’s life, and were still deigned importance.
- Listening to lectures. i want to be calm, carry out self plans.
- Listening to somebody explain a bunch of details and scenarios that nobody cares about. she needed to get to the point.
- Listen to a customer tell me why they couldn’t do something
- Listening to music, as I have partially lost hearing in one ear.
- Listening to someone who I thought was wrong. It is very angering
- Listen to my friend talk about her work co-worker that quit his job
- Listening to orders from superiors when they were clearly not efficient. Inefficiency frustrates me.
- Listen to someone argue to prove a point about a subject when they are incorrect.
- Listening to people give wrong information over a teleconference. It was difficult to contradict them.
- Listen to someone talk about how hard their life was when in actuality they have it pretty good.
- Listen to co-workers gossip was frustrating because I find it a waste of time and distracting from my work.
- Listen to feedback at work about how people perceive me and that no one wants to work with me
- Listening to friends complain for a long period of time. This was annoying because I have a hard time dealing with other people’s problems.
- Listen to a confrontation between collegues but not be able to provide any substanitial knowledge on the subject when it was discussed with me later
- Listen to different gossip comments around some co-workers instead of keep doing their job. to go home pretty tired and have to clean up my house.
- Listen to my best friend complain about how everyone hates her Was annoying because it’s obvious that it is not true and she’s doing it for attention.
- Listen to people who have differing opinions about something important. Adults need to know how to talk to each other without being accusing or demanding their own way.
- Listening to my hod sir mentoring lec. he cant able to mentor and he say 1 thing 12 time and each and every time he repeat the same thing every time
- Listen to someone criticize my efforts. This was frustrating because I was investing in him without him having anything to lose and then to get criticized for it was extremely dis heartening.
- Listen to individuals give a very high level overview of their departments at work for an entire week for 7 hours a day. It was frustrating because most of them weren’t interesting or interactive.
- Listen to someone I just met at a networking event talk on and on at lunch about herself at a table of 6 people and not giving anyone else any time to get a word in edgewise!
- Listen to people say the same story multiple times in a row. It’s frustrating because i already know what they are going to say as they’ve said it numerous times in a row and i have other things i could be doing.
- Listening to a co-worker complain about an interaction with another co-worker, when the complainer has committed more egregious offenses. I was particularly frustrated because the complainer is sensitive and I felt unable to tell them the truth about their responsibility in the situation.
- Listen to people arguing or fighting. this is frustrating because I don’t like confrontation, I am not an angry or aggressive person, and I like to state my point and leave it at that, not have someone argue that their point is better, etc.
- Listening to someone talk about how they believe that Sylvia Plath needs to take a “chill pill” and that she doesn’t have universal morals. I dislike this because people with depression do take “chill pills” in the literal sense, its just that they don’t always work.
- Llistening to peronal stuff, feelings or emotions of others. Find it hard not to wonder of.
- Sit and listen to a person being rude to someone else and not being able to get that person to listen and calm down.
- I had to listen to a co-worker try and delegate a task to someone which was vague, unclear, and not an efficient use of time.
- Study and listen in class. Because I have a shirt attention span.
- Having to listen to others… i am a dominating and an independent person.
- Trying to listen and understand an individual that is difficult to relate to.
- Having to listen to someone complain while I had more important things to deal with.
- I have to listen to one of my coworkers complaining about how every one else is doing great except her. She is jealous about everyone’s else work.
- People not listening to reason even If i know I am right in the long run
- People not listening to what I say and this is annoying because amlot that I say is true or myself being honest
- Sitting and listening in training for 3 days when I knew it already.
- Learning to listen to someone when I believe they are wrong is very frustrating to me.
- That no one listens to me and if they had situations could of been prevented from happening
- People won’t listen to me. I have made some disciplinary actions just to follow.
- I have had to listen to my brother and my mother argue constantly and I just want them to get along.
- A person wasn’t listening to what I was saying and having to repeat it more than 20 times only tells me the person is stupid
- At work, I had to listen to someone training me for an extended amount of time who explained things in a very roundabout and long way.
- Well my brother never listens to a single word i say n this frustrates me
- People didn’t want to listen to my point of veiw. All they had to do was listen, not agree. It was just really frustrating because I can’t stand people who can’t listen to other people’s points of view.
- Get passing strangers to listen to my sales pitch. Frustrating because not a lot of people were interested and it made me feel like I didn’t do anything of my day. A waste of time.
- When my boyfriend does not listen to me when i am talking to him, it makes me feel ignored , and belittled somehow.
- SITTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND LISTEN THEIR RUBBISH TALKS BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE TO TALK MUCH AND LISTEN UNIMPORTANT THINGS
- Talk to someone who refused to listen, but droned on repeating themselves, because conversations are pointless if they aren’t give and take.
- Frustrated to get my girlfriend to listen to me,i`m reasonable but im not without fault
- I’ve had to come home every day and listen to my family stress about all their problems and face them so bitterly. It bothers me they can’t have the same positive attitude as me and I feel they worry too much.
- Try to give an idea that no one will listen to.
- Dealing with my mom maybe. she hardly listens to what others have to say and believes she knows everything that no matter what we’re always at fault n she’s the right one.
- Try to convince a woman who refused to listen or even talk about a situation. I can usually talk to people and it goes well. This woman refused to talk at all.
- Not being able to be a good observant , listener, Shrewd, and cunning. Because the life is tough that one need to be shrewd, and cunning, so as to adapt in present living world
- Talk to someone when you know they are not listening to you.
- I’m currently working for people who do not listen to those with the actual expertise – instead, they believe they have all the answers, and they cannot be told anything.
- I find it very frustrating when people do not listen to me the first time I say something or give directions. I do not like repeating myself.
- Only yelling with my father because he doesn’t listen to me.
- Teaching my nephew to drive. Because he doesn’t listen and always says “I know” when, in fact, he does not.
- Teaching my class dance steps. They didn’t want to listen and i was getting fed up at their effortless attitude when I was trying really hard to teach them.
- When people don’t see things the way I do and won’t listen to my reasons.
- I immediately expressed my anger on an event without listening to what the other party had to say. It turns out I was wrong just days later and the damage has been done. I got angry and disrespectful to my father which now I really regret.
- Dealing with my moms anger It’s hard because she doesn’t listen to reason
- When i had to try to teach something to someone who wasnt listening to me. this made me angry because why was i wasting my time for nothing
- I’ve had to manage a member of my team who doesn’t want to listen to me. I’ve found it frustrating because I feel my advice and experience can help her but she thinks she knows better.
- Organise a trip this wekend – frustrating as others were not listening or on the same page as me and weren’t willing to compromise toget an outcome
- Had to get an idea through to someone who had no intention of listening or doing it any other way than wwhat was in his head
- The most frustrating thing i had to do in the last few days was listen to people talk about non important and frivolous things, it was all so invaluable and such a waste of time, there are much more important things to be doing than talking about your hair
- Trying to voice my opinion to my significant other and he is not listening.
- The most frustating thing i had to do in my life these days is to listen gossips of stupid girls and then to answer them what they want to listen and if I do tell my opinion then we surely have a big discussion that changes to fight.
- To have a conversation about my life with my father when he doesn’t listen to me.
- Past few days nothing really frustrating happened… Except having to listen to some idiot talk in class.
- Providing direction to others on project tasks — they just don’t seem listen and I find myself questioning their intelligence.
- Misquoted. Frustrates me cause it shows that the person wasn’t actually listening to what I was saying.
- High pride people, over confident, narcissistic people, people who don’t listen others opinions. I don’t like them.
- I have had to explain workflows to someone at work. They person wouldn’t listen to me and it was aggravating.
- I tried to reason with my dad, but it was frustrating because he does not listen to reason and just believe what he knows is right
- I had to babysit my brother-in-law and it frustrated me because he doesn’t listen to me
- Express feelings to people that may be too anxious to in their own issues to listen. This was frustrating because I felt I could not open up properly to the other person who was struggling and also could not listen to their anxiety.
- Getting a customer to book there mot early. They didn’t want to and would not listen to the benefits
- The most frustrating thing that i have had to do would be to constantly having to listen to criticism on my intelligence level at my office place. Every time this happens, it would affect my mood and caused me to reflect for on it for the whole day.
- Dealing with a complaint customer. treid to bring solutions but subscriber would not listen. go around in circles.
- Working with a client that could not accept no. It was frustrating because she was not listening and was behaving rudely despite my attempts to validate her expierence.
- Its been frustrating dealing with a family member who has some mental issues. Trying to listen to her and not give advice.
- I think the most frustrating thing has been trying to communicate with others who are not listening or do not understand but claim to. I find poor communication to be disrespectful and a failure to be fixed immediately in all relationships.
- I tend to be impatient a lot, I get frustrated when things done get done at home, or anyone to listen of what needs to be done.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do was deal with my stepfather. He is clueless and doesn’t listen. He has short term memory loss and I know it’s not his fault but it drives me crazy.
- Had to put up with house maintenance. Get irritated fast If nothing is done according to me. And no one listens to me. COnsider me as immature
- Well i don’t know…..but sometimes i got frustrated while working with my partner at work…..he do not listen to me or any body, he do things which seems right to him. he likes to do less work and always talk things that i don’ like.
- Trying to explain why I was discharged from the army. Most people don’t understand my injury and refuse to listen when I explain. If you didn’t want to know them don’t ask.
- The most frustrating thing is the fact that I see my friend getting hurt and I try to help her but she wont listen and its frustrating because I want to help her and be there for her.
- My computer crashed and i relied on someone else to fix it, but it’s already down many days, so i can’t even listen to my music in my freetime…
- Nothing has been particularly frustrating over the last few days; However, I have been disappointed over not being listened to, valued, and made to feel part of the team. I want to be a part of a new team whose members engage one another in a respectful and uplifting manner.
- Probably being a leader, because a lot of the times the people that you are trying to teach or lead they tend not to listen to you
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had most recently at home is when I had to watch my little siblings and they didn’t listen to me. In this situation I didn’t know what to do, and it was very frustrating to me.
- My new speech on Harvey Milk. Everyone in my class aren’t tolerant so I am finding it difficult to have them understand and listen instead of having their prejudice views thrust upon my speech.
- The most frustrating thing i have had to do in the past few days has been trying not to get upset at my friend because she wont listen to anyone but herself, shes a brat
- I get frustrated by having to keep nagging my boyfriend to do things and because he hangs around with the wrong people and doesn’t listen when I try to help him.
- Wanted to change my phone contract from monthly to pay as you go and the customer service executives kept trying to sell me an upgrade, not listen to me and repeat words like a robot. that was really frustrating. got there in the end though :)
- I had to go on a trip with some friends and they did not honor my requests. It was frustrating because I knew what was best and they wouldn’t listen to me.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do was deal with my friends poor life choices. This was frustrating because no matter what I said they never listened to me
- School is kind of frustrating for me because I’m tired a lot of the time but I still have a lot of work to do. Another thing is that my brother never listens to me and does whatever he wants. His behavior is frustrating.
- Something that aggrivated me was playing a percussion piece that we cover too much. The practice is monotonous. I also learned it last year. However, it’s like listening to a broken record player we have covered it everyday for weeks.
- The most frustrating thing that has happen to me is when me and my group where working and I was the only one working and I treid to get them to work but they not listen and they started playing around again
- Reviewing the man utd game with my mum. It was frustrating because my Mum doesn’t present her argument clearly, confuses points to support her own opinion and doesn’t listen to an opinion that she disagrees with.
- Explain to an acquaintance why I’d prefer it if he didn’t use racial slurs as they are offensive. This person does not hold value in anyone else’s opinion and refused to listen.
- I’m a person that’s don’t like to be ignored and at home and at school I have been getting interrupted I don’t like that but I have learned that everybody is not going to listen to you.
- I have a lot of friends, family and work situations happening all around me every single day and i am the person that everyone likes to come talk to for advice, but no one really listens when i need advice