131 Oscar Trimboli - How to Listen

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Oscar Trimboli is the author of How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication . He is the speaker and host of the podcast, Deep Listening, a podcast that is centered on creating practical tips and techniques to improve your daily listening. The world is a noisy place where you fight to be heard every day. Oscar understands this and joins the show to engage in a rich discussion on deep listening, facilitating conversations to get to the ‘essence,’ and the importance of having a listening ritual. Join Aviv Shahar as he and Oscar break down best practices to help you overcome barriers in How to Listen.

• 00:32 – Aviv introduces today’s guest, Oscar Trimboli, who joins the show to share what brings him joy, and the central idea behind his book, How to Listen
• 03:39 – Four consistent barriers to listening and the cost of not listening well
• 10:41 – Three microskills that can help progress your listening
• 15:34 – Making presence as practical as possible\
• 18:11 – Facilitating conversations to get to the ‘essence’
• 22:36 – Different levels of listening and the job of a listener
• 29:05 – The importance of having a ‘listening ritual’
• 34:35 – What could be possible if everyone practiced deep listening
• 39:49 – One piece of advice he would give to his twenty-five year old self and two key learnings Oscar values above all others
• 41:09 – Final thoughts from Oscar

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