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Getting the Message: The Wisdom of Listening and Thinking

Getting the Message: The Wisdom of Listening and Thinking


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Society today is fragmented. There are frequent examples of harsh and abrasive discourse in social, employment, personal, and political settings. Name-calling, conceit, and vulgarity are frequently used in social media, and other forms of social interaction and discussion. Communication is a critical issue in today’s society. We live in a technological time with the means to easily contact people. However, the quality and effectiveness of communication is problematic: real connections with others require understanding and insight into them and their thinking. That is the purpose of true communication. Individuals must understand the content and intent of communication. The missing link in quality and effective communication is listening. Everyone wants to be heard, but they fail to realize that all parties must listen. Listening is an essential skill and is more than simply hearing. Communication is essential in all facets of life because it concerns not only the physical process of talking and listening, but also emotional and psychological concerns and ethics. The nature of the conversation brings expectations and either opens or closes doors to further communication.

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: Democracy Chapter 2: Communication Chapter 3: Ethics Chapter 4: Listening Chapter 5: Voice Chapter 6: Active Listening Chapter 7: Dialogue Chapter 8: Mindsets Chapter 9: Thinking Chapter 10: People Epilogue: Wisdom and Honor

About the Author :
George A. Goens. PhD served at all levels of education as a teacher, administrator, superintendent, as well as a graduate school associate professor. He has authored seven books and co-authored four others.

Review :
In this disharmonious world, Getting The Message, artfully illustrates our societal failings highlighted by our inability to truly listen to messages being hurled at us through what seems to be an unending stream of information resources. Goens carefully explores the impacts and processes it takes to process a message and its intent. This book serves as a training manual to understand the perils of not truly hearing a message and provides a path to better one’s ability to understand information. George Goens has given us a healing message for all times, but one that is uniquely positioned to enlighten us in times of crisis that heighten our hunger for meaningful communication. Goens acknowledges the inadequacy of language alone to communicate; he opens us to the power of the non-verbal to hear the total message. In his understanding, this is not a passive act. Deep listening can take us into new territory, perhaps challenging us beyond our comfortable filters and gifting us with new insights. An excellent book on a topic we all take for granted. From Mortimer Adler to Ellie Wiesel the author cites historians and others that have demonstrated that listening is more than hearing and is a critical part of communication that is rarely taught.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781475853841
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Wisdom of Listening and Thinking
  • Width: 163 mm
  • ISBN-10: 147585384X
  • Publisher Date: 15 Mar 2021
  • Height: 237 mm
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 431 gr


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